Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§130 Entry of Public Lands in States Where No Land Offices Exist
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Summary
Public land in States without local land offices can be entered at the Bureau of Land Management under the usual entry rules. Required sworn statements may be made before an official who can give oaths if a court clerk certifies that official. Cash payments for entries must be put into the U.S. Treasury by the Secretary of the Interior or a person he appoints.
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Title 43, §130
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Public lands situated in States in which there are no land offices may be entered at the Bureau of Land Management, subject to the provisions of law touching the entry of public lands; and the necessary proofs and affidavits required in such cases may be made before some officer competent to administer oaths, whose official character shall be duly certified by the clerk of a court of record. And moneys received by the Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, for lands entered by cash entry shall be covered into the Treasury.
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of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title. “Bureau of Land Management” substituted for “General Land Office” and “Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate,” substituted for “Commissioner of the General Land Office” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 130
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102