Title 43Public LandsRelease 119-73

§889 Rights of entrymen whose entries had not been admitted to record

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 21— - GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS › § 889

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Extends benefits to homestead/preemption claimants who lived on and improved railroad land for five years, despite unrecorded filings, subject to the same limits.

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Title 43, §889

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The privileges granted by section 888 of this title are extended (subject to the provisos, limitations, and restrictions thereof) to all persons entitled to the right of homestead or preemption under the laws of the United States, who have resided upon and improved for five years lands granted to any railroad company, but whose entries or filings have not for any cause been admitted to record.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 889

Title 43Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73