Applications for unsurveyed lands; regulations; acreage requirements
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/us/usc/t43/s852a
Title
43 — Public Lands
Chapter
CH20
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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The Secretary of the Interior may issue regulations governing applications for unsurveyed lands. If he establishes any minimum acreage requirements, they shall provide for selection of tracts of reasonable size, taking into consideration location, terrain, and adjacent land ownership and uses.
(Pub. L. 89–470, § 3, June 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 220.)
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