16 USC § 715n - “Take” defined

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s715n"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 715n - “Take” defined"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "715n"
section_name: "“Take” defined"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 15, 45 Stat. 1225.)"
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# § 715n. “Take” defined

For the purposes of this subchapter the word “take” shall be construed to mean pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, kill, or attempt to pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, or kill, unless the context otherwise requires.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 15, 45 Stat. 1225.)