2019 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 30 - Wild Horses and Burros: Protection, Management, and Control
Sec. 1334 - Private maintenance; numerical approximation; strays on private lands: removal; destruction by agents

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 1334 (2019)
Section Name §1334. Private maintenance; numerical approximation; strays on private lands: removal; destruction by agents
Section Text

If wild free-roaming horses or burros stray from public lands onto privately owned land, the owners of such land may inform the nearest Federal marshall or agent of the Secretary, who shall arrange to have the animals removed. In no event shall such wild free-roaming horses and burros be destroyed except by the agents of the Secretary. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a private landowner from maintaining wild free-roaming horses or burros on his private lands, or lands leased from the Government, if he does so in a manner that protects them from harassment, and if the animals were not willfully removed or enticed from the public lands. Any individuals who maintain such wild free-roaming horses or burros on their private lands or lands leased from the Government shall notify the appropriate agent of the Secretary and supply him with a reasonable approximation of the number of animals so maintained.

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(Pub. L. 92–195, §4, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 650.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 30 - WILD HORSES AND BURROS: PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL
Sec. 1334 - Private maintenance; numerical approximation; strays on private lands: removal; destruction by agents
Contains section 1334
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 85 Stat. 650
Public Law References Public Law 92-195
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