Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§5134 Sale of Land by Individual Indian Owners
Title 25 › CHAPTER 45 — PROTECTION OF INDIANS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES › § 5134
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior, or a person they authorize, can, if individual Indian owners ask, grant full ownership patents, lift restrictions on selling, and approve transfers of land held under the Acts of June 18, 1934, or June 26, 1936.
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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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25 U.S.C. § 5134
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102