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Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73

§93 Deposit of moneys deposited by unknown parties

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - DISTRICT LAND OFFICES › § 93

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money shown in a district land office as "Moneys deposited by unknown parties" must be sent to the Treasurer of the United States with a list of each amount and, if possible, the receipt date. An officer named by the Secretary of the Interior must certify that, after investigation, ownership could not be determined and that the funds had been in the unearned-fee and unofficial-moneys accounts for five years or more.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §93

Public Lands — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Amounts that appear in the accounts of a district land office as “Moneys deposited by unknown parties” shall also be deposited to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, accompanied by a list showing the amount and, if possible, the date of the receipt of each item; which list shall bear the certificate of the officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior that, after careful investigation, the ownership of said moneys could not be determined, and that they have been reported in the unearned fees and unofficial moneys accounts for five years or more.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification This section, as originally enacted, related to receivers of public moneys for land districts. The office of receiver was consolidated with that of register by acts Mar. 3, 1925, and Oct. 28, 1921, under which the office of receiver was abolished. See, also,

Transfer of Functions

note below.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

For

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. Words “the accounts of a district land office” substituted for “a register’s accounts” and “officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior” substituted for “register” on authority of section 403 of 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 93

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73