---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 65"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "65"
heading: "Seizure and forfeiture of guns, traps, teams, horses, etc."
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/65"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter VI — Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks"
---

# §65. Seizure and forfeiture of guns, traps, teams, horses, etc.


All guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transportation of every nature or description used by any [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) or [persons](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) within the limits of said [parks](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), or either of them, when engaged in killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing such wild beasts, birds, or animals, shall be forfeited to the United States and may be seized by the officers in said [parks](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), or either of them, and held pending prosecution of any [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) or [persons](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) arrested under the charge of violating the provisions of sections [57](/usc/16/57.md), [58](/usc/16/58.md), and [60](/usc/16/60.md) to 65 of this title, and upon conviction such forfeiture shall be adjudicated as a penalty in [addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2) to the other punishment prescribed therein. Such forfeited property shall be disposed of and accounted for by and under the authority of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior.


## Source credit

(June 2, 1920, ch. 218, § 6, 41 Stat. 733.)