40 USC § 6133 - Property in the Supreme Court Building and grounds
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identifier: "/us/usc/t40/s6133"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "40 USC § 6133 - Property in the Supreme Court Building and grounds"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "6133"
section_name: "Property in the Supreme Court Building and grounds"
chapter_number: 61
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT BUILDING AND GROUNDS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "FEDERAL BUILDING COMPLEXES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1183.)"
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# § 6133. Property in the Supreme Court Building and grounds
It is unlawful to step or climb on, remove, or in any way injure any statue, seat, wall, fountain, or other erection or architectural feature, or any tree, shrub, plant, or turf, in the Supreme Court Building or grounds.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1183.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6133 | 40:13i. | Aug. 18, 1949, ch. 479, § 4, 63 Stat. 617. |
The word “fountain” conforms to the original text as signed into law by the President. A typographical error was made in printing the source law in the Statutes-at-Large () where the word appears as “foundation”.