§1505 Proceedings for escheat of improperly held lands

Summary

The Attorney General must file a court case in the territorial district where the land is to ask that land be returned to the United States if he learns it is being held improperly. He must give ninety days’ notice before suing. Notice must be sent by registered letter or delivered in person to the owner, the last person who paid taxes on the land, their agent, and other people he knows about or should reasonably know have an interest. If personal notice cannot be given, the notice must be published in a newspaper in the county where the land is, or in the nearest county newspaper if none is published there.