---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 222.71"
title: "36"
number: "222.71"
heading: "Loss of status."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/222.71"
---

# §222.71. Loss of status.


Wild free-roaming horses and burros or their remains shall lose their status under the 1971 Wild Horses and Burros Act.

- (a) Upon passage of title pursuant to § [222.29 (d)](/cfr/36/222.29.md?p=d) and [(e)](/cfr/36/222.29.md?p=e).
- (b) Upon transfer to private maintenance and care pursuant to [§ 222.29(c)(4)](/cfr/36/222.29.md?p=c-4) and die of natural causes before passage of title;
- (c) Upon destruction by an authorized Forest officer pursuant to [§ 222.29(c)(5)](/cfr/36/222.29.md?p=c-5).
- (d) Upon death by natural causes or accident on the National Forest System or on private lands where maintained thereon pursuant to [§ 222.27](/cfr/36/222.27.md) and disposal is authorized by a Forest officer; and
- (e) Upon destruction or death for purposes of or incident to the program authorized in [§ 222.20(a)](/cfr/36/222.20.md?p=a).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1011; 16 U.S.C. 551, 1331-1340; 43 U.S.C. 1901 note.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 24135, Apr. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 78 FR 33723, June 5, 2013

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1010-1012, 5101-5106; 16 U.S.C. 551, 572, 5801; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1751, 1752, 1901; E.O. 12548 (51 FR 5985).