§ 1063. — Obstruction of settlement on or transit over public lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1063]
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
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, Sec. 3, 23 Stat. 322.)
References in Text
The public land laws of the United States, referred to in text, are
classified generally to this title.
