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§311 Opening Highways

Title 25 › Chapter 8— RIGHTS-OF-WAY THROUGH INDIAN LANDS › § 311

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can allow state or local authorities to open public highways through Indian reservations or allotted lands not fully conveyed to the individual, if they meet his conditions and state law.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §311

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to grant permission, upon compliance with such requirements as he may deem necessary, to the proper State or local authorities for the opening and establishment of public highways, in accordance with the laws of the State or Territory in which the lands are situated, through any Indian reservation or through any lands which have been allotted in severalty to any individual Indian under any laws or treaties but which have not been conveyed to the allottee with full power of alienation.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 311

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Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60