Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§2501 “Suspended entries of public lands” and “suspended preemption land claims”
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 43— - SUSPENDED ENTRIES AND CLAIMS; PATENTS › § 2501
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior, or a designee, may fairly decide suspended public-land and preemption claims under approved rules and order when patents will be issued.
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Title 43, §2501
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The Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, is authorized to decide upon principles of equity and justice, as recognized in courts of equity, and in accordance with regulations to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, consistently with such principles, all cases of suspended entries of public lands and of suspended preemption land claims, and to adjudge in what cases patents shall issue upon the same.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1161 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. R.S. § 2450 derived from acts Aug. 3, 1846, ch. 78, § 1, 9 Stat. 51; Mar. 3, 1853, ch. 152, § 1, 10 Stat. 258;
June 26, 1856, ch. 47, 11 Stat. 22;
June 1, 1874, ch. 200, 18 Stat. 50; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
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Transfer of Functions
of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title. “Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate,” substituted for “Commissioner of the General Land Office” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 2501
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73