2012 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 25 - UNLAWFUL INCLOSURES OR OCCUPANCY; OBSTRUCTING SETTLEMENT OR TRANSIT (§§ 1061 - 1066)
Section 1063 - Obstruction of settlement on or transit over public lands
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 25 - UNLAWFUL INCLOSURES OR OCCUPANCY; OBSTRUCTING SETTLEMENT OR TRANSIT Sec. 1063 - Obstruction of settlement on or transit over public lands |
| Contains | section 1063 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Feb. 25, 1885, ch. 149, §3, 23 Stat. 322. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 23 Stat. 322 |
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No person, by force, threats, intimidation, or by any fencing or inclosing, or any other unlawful means, shall prevent or obstruct, or shall combine and confederate with others to prevent or obstruct, any person from peaceably entering upon or establishing a settlement or residence on any tract of public land subject to settlement or entry under the public land laws of the United States, or shall prevent or obstruct free passage or transit over or through the public lands: Provided, This section shall not be held to affect the right or title of persons, who have gone upon, improved, or occupied said lands under the land laws of the United States, claiming title thereto, in good faith.
(Feb. 25, 1885, ch. 149, §3, 23 Stat. 322.)
References in TextThe public land laws of the United States, referred to in text, are classified generally to this title.
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