Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§375c Sales of small tracts to resident farm owners and entrymen; price; terms; acreage purchasable
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 375c
Summary
The Secretary can sell land on a project to resident farm owners or resident entrymen who live on that project. Sales must be at least the price set by an independent appraisal the Secretary approves, and can be done privately or at public auction under terms the Secretary sets. A buyer may not buy more than 160 acres, and the total irrigable acres they own or have entered on that project cannot be more than 160 acres.
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Title 43, §375c
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The Secretary is authorized to sell such land to resident farm owners or resident entrymen, on the project upon which such land is located, at prices not less than that fixed by independent appraisal approved by the Secretary, and upon such terms and at private sale or at public auction as he may prescribe: Provided, That such resident farm landowner or resident entryman shall be permitted to purchase under sections 375b to 375f of this title not more than one hundred and sixty acres of such land, or an area which, together with land already owned or entered on such project shall not exceed one hundred and sixty irrigable acres.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 375c
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73