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§5134 Sale of Land by Individual Indian Owners

Title 25 › Chapter 45— PROTECTION OF INDIANS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES › § 5134

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior, or someone he authorizes, may, when an individual Indian owner asks, grant full ownership (fee), lift limits on selling the land, and approve its sale or transfer for lands held under the Acts of June 18, 1934, and June 26, 1936.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §5134

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The Secretary of the Interior, or his duly authorized representative, is authorized in his discretion, and upon application of the Indian owners, to issue patents in fee, to remove restrictions against alienation, and to approve conveyances, with respect to lands or interests in lands held by individual Indians under the provisions of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984) [25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.], or the Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967).

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Act of
June 18, 1934, referred to in text, is act
June 18, 1934, ch. 576, 48 Stat. 984, popularly known as the Indian Reorganization Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 5101 of this title and Tables. Act of
June 26, 1936, referred to in text, is act
June 26, 1936, ch. 831, 49 Stat. 1967, popularly known as the Oklahoma Welfare Act, which was classified generally to subchapter VIII (§ 501 et seq.) of chapter 14 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as chapter 45A (§ 5201 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 5201 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 483 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 5134

Title 25 — Indians

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60