---identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s31.17"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "50 CFR § 31.17 - Disposal of furs and pelts."title_number: 50title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"section_number: "31.17"section_name: "Disposal of furs and pelts."chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"subchapter_number: "C"subchapter_name: "THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM"part_number: "31"part_name: "WILDLIFE SPECIES MANAGEMENT"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Sec. 2, 33 Stat. 614, as amended, sec. 5, 43 Stat. 651, secs. 5, 10, 45 Stat. 449, 1224, secs. 4, 2, 48 Stat. 402, as amended, 451, as amended, 1270, sec. 4, 76 Stat. 654; 5 U.S.C. 301, 16 U.S.C. 685, 725, 690d, 715i, 664, 718(b), 43 U.S.C. 315a, 16 U.S.C. 460k; sec. 2, 80 Stat. 926; 16 U.S.C. 668bb."regulatory_source: "31 FR 16027, Dec. 15, 1966, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "31"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t50/s31.17
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Authority
Sec. 2, 33 Stat. 614, as amended, sec. 5, 43 Stat. 651, secs. 5, 10, 45 Stat. 449, 1224, secs. 4, 2, 48 Stat. 402, as amended, 451, as amended, 1270, sec. 4, 76 Stat. 654; 5 U.S.C. 301, 16 U.S.C. 685,... Sec. 2, 33 Stat. 614, as amended, sec. 5, 43 Stat. 651, secs. 5, 10, 45 Stat. 449, 1224, secs. 4, 2, 48 Stat. 402, as amended, 451, as amended, 1270, sec. 4, 76 Stat. 654; 5 U.S.C. 301, 16 U.S.C. 685, 725, 690d, 715i, 664, 718(b), 43 U.S.C. 315a, 16 U.S.C. 460k; sec. 2, 80 Stat. 926; 16 U.S.C. 668bb.
# 31.17 Disposal of furs and pelts.The disposition of animals and the pelts or carcasses thereof accruing to the United States through the trapping programs shall be sold by public auction or on the open market unless required for official purposes.