Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§695a Title in United States of California Refuge Areas; Existence of Easements, Reservations, Etc.; Affecting Acquisition
Title 16 › CHAPTER 6 — GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 695a
Summary
Sections 695–695c let the Secretary of the Interior spend money to get clear ownership of lands, including buying options and paying for surveys and acquisition. No payment is made until the Attorney General approves the title, and land can be bought even if it has rights‑of‑way or easements the Secretary finds will not interfere with its use.
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Title 16, §695a
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The Secretary of the Interior may do all things and make all expenditures necessary to secure the safe title in the United States to the areas which may be acquired under sections 695 to 695c of this title, including purchase of options when deemed necessary, and expenses incident to the location, examination and survey of such areas and the acquisition of title thereto, but no payments shall be made for any such areas until the title thereto shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General. The acquisition of such areas by the United States shall in no case be defeated because of rights-of-way, easements, exceptions, and reservations which from their nature will, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, in no manner interfere with the use of the areas so encumbered for the purposes of said sections.
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16 U.S.C. § 695a
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102