Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73not60
§425 Classification and Appraisement of Unallotted and Unreserved Lands
Title 25 › Chapter 13— CEDED INDIAN LANDS › § 425
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may classify or appraise reservation lands opened to settlement if that work wasn't done under the opening laws or if the existing classification or appraisal is wrong.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §425
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cause to be classified or reclassified and appraised or reappraised, in such manner as he may deem advisable, the unallotted or otherwise unreserved lands within any Indian reservation opened to settlement and entry but not classified and appraised in the manner provided for in the Act or Acts opening such reservations to settlement and entry, or where the existing classification or appraisement is, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, erroneous.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1196 of Title 43, Public Lands, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section, where it had originally appeared prior to transfer to Title 43.
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25 U.S.C. § 425
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60