43 CFR 9239.2-5
§ 9239.2-5 Settlement and free passage over public lands not to be obstructed.
United States · 43 CFR — Public Lands: Interior · Status: effective
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- 43 CFR 9239.2-5, § 9239.2-5 Settlement and free passage over public lands not to be obstructed, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/214702
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Section 3 of the Act of February 25, 1885 (23 Stat. 322; 43 U.S.C. 1063), provides that no person by force, threats, intimidation, or by any fencing or enclosing or any other unlawful means shall prevent or obstruct or shall combine or confederate with others to prevent or obstruct any person from peaceably entering upon or establishing a settlement or residence upon 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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.