GroundRules
← Search the law
US Code · Through Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)

25 U.S.C. § 180: Settling on or surveying lands belonging to Indians by treaty

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 25—INDIANS
  2. CHAPTER 5—PROTECTION OF INDIANS

Every person who makes a settlement on any lands belonging, secured, or granted by treaty with the United States to any Indian tribe, or surveys or attempts to survey such lands, or to designate any of the boundaries by marking trees, or otherwise, is liable to a penalty of $1,000. The President may, moreover, take such measures and employ such military force as he may judge necessary to remove any such person from the lands.

Collected 2026-09-10T05:58:08Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection