Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§459a–9 Conveyance of Land for Improvement with Public Health Facility; Reversion; Consideration; Status of Property Upon Transfer of Title

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXIII — NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459a–9

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may transfer to the Dare County Board of Commissioners one and five-tenths acres in the village of Hatteras, North Carolina, with exact boundaries set by the Secretary, so the county can use it for a public health facility. The transfer is free, the land will no longer be part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore after title passes, and the title goes back to the United States if the Secretary finds and tells the county the property is used for anything other than a public health facility.

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Title 16, §459a–9

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey the tract of land and improvements thereon situate in the village of Hatteras, Dare County, North Carolina, and administered as part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, formerly bearing General Services Administration excess property control number C–NC–444, comprising one and five-tenths acres, the exact description for which shall be determined by the Secretary, to the Board of Commissioners of Dare County, for purposes of providing thereon a public health facility: Provided, That title to the land and any improvements shall revert to the United States upon a finding and notification to the grantee by the Secretary that the property is used for purposes other than a public health facility. The conveyance herein authorized shall be without monetary consideration. Upon the transfer of title to the grantee, the property herein conveyed shall cease to be a part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

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16 U.S.C. § 459a–9

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102