§ 1061. — Inclosure of or assertion of right to public lands without title.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1061]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 25--UNLAWFUL INCLOSURES OR OCCUPANCY; OBSTRUCTING SETTLEMENT OR
TRANSIT
Sec. 1061. Inclosure of or assertion of right to public lands
without title
All inclosures of any public lands in any State or Territory of the
United States, heretofore or to be hereafter made, erected, or
constructed by any person, party, association, or corporation, to any of
which land included within the inclosure the person, party, association,
or corporation making or controlling the inclosure had no claim or color
of title made or acquired in good faith, or an asserted right thereto by
or under claim, made in good faith with a view to entry thereof at the
proper land office under the general laws of the United States at the
time any such inclosure was or shall be made, are declared to be
unlawful, and the maintenance, erection, construction, or control of any
such inclosure is forbidden and prohibited; and the assertion of a right
to the exclusive use and occupancy of any part of the public lands of
the United States in any State or any of the Territories of the United
States, without claim, color of title, or asserted right as above
specified as to inclosure, is likewise declared unlawful, and
prohibited.
(Feb. 25, 1885, ch. 149, Sec. 1, 23 Stat. 321.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1062 of this title.
