---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 62"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "62"
heading: "Possession of dead bodies of birds or animals"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/62"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter VI — Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks"
---

# §62. Possession of dead bodies of birds or animals


Possession within said [parks](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), or either of them, of the dead bodies or any part thereof of any wild bird or animal shall be prima facie evidence that [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) or [persons](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) having same are guilty of violating sections [60](/usc/16/60.md) to [63](/usc/16/63.md) of this title.


## Source credit

(June 2, 1920, ch. 218, § 5, 41 Stat. 732.)