Title 43Public LandsRelease 119-73

§451f Exchanges subject to mortgage contracts

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - EXCHANGE AND AMENDMENT OF FARM UNITS › § 451f

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Exchanges or sales of land or property that have a mortgage held by the Secretary of Agriculture must be done only in ways that follow the Secretary’s powers under the Bankhead‑Jones Farm Tenant Act and its supplements.

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Title 43, §451f

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Any exchange pursuant to this subchapter of land that is subject to a mortgage contract with the Secretary of Agriculture under section 1006a and 1006b of title 7, and any disposition pursuant to this subchapter of property that is subject to such a mortgage contract, shall be effected only in such form and manner and upon such terms and conditions as are consistent with the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture over such mortgage contract and such property under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended [7 U.S.C. 1000 et seq.], as supplemented by section 1006a and 1006b of title 7.

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The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, referred to in text, is act July 22, 1937, ch. 517, 50 Stat. 522, which is classified generally to chapter 33 (§ 1000 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1000 of Title 7 and Tables.

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43 U.S.C. § 451f

Title 43Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73