Title 43Public LandsRelease 119-73

§629 Delivery of notices required by State law; right to hearing, appeal, etc.

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 13— - FEDERAL LANDS INCLUDED IN STATE IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › § 629

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When irrigation district notices affect public land that is not yet privately owned, they must be delivered right away to the land office officer the Secretary of the Interior names. They must also go to the person whose unpatented land is included (the entryman). The United States and that entryman get the same chances as private landowners to be heard, to file petitions, answers, remonstrances, or appeals, and entrymen get the same right to redeem the land.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §629

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All notices required by the irrigation district laws mentioned in this chapter shall, as soon as such notices are issued, be delivered to the officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior of the proper land office in cases where unpatented lands are affected thereby, and to the entryman whose unpatented lands are included therein, and the United States and such entryman shall be given the same rights to be heard by petition, answer, remonstrance, appeal, or otherwise as are given to persons holding lands in private ownership, and all entrymen shall be given the same rights of redemption as are given to the owners of lands held in private ownership.

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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. “Officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior” substituted for “register” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, which abolished all registers of district land offices and transferred functions of register of district land office to Secretary of the Interior. See section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out as a note under section 1 of this title. Previously, reference to “receiver” was changed to “register” by acts Oct. 28, 1921 and Mar. 3, 1925.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 629

Title 43Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73