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§352 Cancellation of Trust Patents Within Power or Reservoir Sites

Title 25 › Chapter 9— ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS › § 352

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may cancel trust patents given to Indian allottees if their land is inside a power or reservoir site or in land set aside for irrigation. The Secretary must give notice and hold a hearing first. If land is canceled, the allottee must be paid for any improvements from the irrigation project's construction funds and must be given other land of equal value inside the area the project will irrigate.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §352

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The Secretary of the Interior, after notice and hearing, is authorized to cancel trust patents issued to Indian allottees for allotments within any power or reservoir site and for allotments or such portions of allotments as are located upon or include lands set aside, reserved, or required within any Indian reservation for irrigation purposes under authority of Congress: Provided, That any Indian allottee whose allotment shall be so canceled shall be reimbursed for all improvements on his canceled allotment, out of any moneys available for the construction of the irrigation project for which the said power or reservoir site may be set aside: Provided further, That any Indian allottee whose allotment, or part thereof, is so canceled shall be allotted land of equal value within the area subject to irrigation by any such project.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 352

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Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60