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§145 Exchange of lands

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XV— - WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK › § 145

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If park land is under a pending claim or a patent, the owner may exchange it for land outside the park under South Dakota national-forest law.

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Title 16, §145

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In cases in which a tract covered by an unperfected bona fide claim or by a patent is included within the limits of this park, the settler or owner thereof may, if he desires to do so, relinquish the tract to the Government and secure other land, outside of the park, in accordance with the provisions of the law relating to the subject of such relinquishment of lands in national forests in the State of South Dakota.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 145

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73