2016 US Code
Title 54 - National Park Service and Related Programs
Subtitle I - National Park System
Division A - Establishment and General Administration
Chapter 1033 - National Military Parks
Sec. 103304 - Recovery of land withheld

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Citation 54 U.S.C. § 103304 (2016)
Section Name §103304. Recovery of land withheld
Section Text

(a) Civil Action.—The United States may bring a civil action in the courts of the United States against a person to whom land lying within a national military park has been leased that refuses to give up possession of the land to the United States after the termination of the lease, and after possession has been demanded for the United States by the park superintendent, or against a person retaining possession of land lying within the boundary of a national military park that the person has sold to the United States for park purposes and received payment therefor, after possession of the land has been demanded for the United States by the park superintendent, to recover possession of the land withheld. The civil action shall be brought according to the statutes of the State in which the national military park is situated.

(b) Trespass.—A person described in subsection (a) shall be guilty of trespass.

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(Pub. L. 113–287, §3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3166.)

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Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
103304 16 U.S.C. 416. Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 372, §§4, 5, 29 Stat. 622.

In subsection (a) the words "any park commissioner" are omitted as obsolete. See section 103303 of the new title. The words "or code of practice" are omitted as obsolete because of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. App.).

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 54 - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 54 - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Subtitle I - National Park System
DIVISION A - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 1033 - NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 103304 - Recovery of land withheld
Contains section 103304
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 29 Stat. 622
128 Stat. 3166
Public Law References Public Law 113-287
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