Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§145 Exchange of Lands
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XV— WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK › § 145
Summary
Owners or settlers whose land or an unfinished good-faith claim ends up inside the park may give that land to the United States and get other land outside the park under the same rules used for land relinquishments in national forests in South Dakota.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §145
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In cases in which a tract covered by an unperfected bona fide claim or by a patent is included within the limits of this park, the settler or owner thereof may, if he desires to do so, relinquish the tract to the Government and secure other land, outside of the park, in accordance with the provisions of the law relating to the subject of such relinquishment of lands in national forests in the State of South Dakota.
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16 U.S.C. § 145
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60