Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§1746 Correction of Conveyance Documents
Title 43 › CHAPTER 35 — FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — ADMINISTRATION › § 1746
Summary
The Secretary can fix mistakes in land patents and public-land transfer papers, including those under section 1718 or earlier federal transfers. If a correction would change boundaries or who manages the land, the Secretary must get the other agency head's approval.
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Title 43, §1746
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The Secretary may correct patents or documents of conveyance issued pursuant to section 1718 of this title or to other Acts relating to the disposal of public lands where necessary in order to eliminate errors. In addition, the Secretary may make corrections of errors in any documents of conveyance which have heretofore been issued by the Federal Government to dispose of public lands. Any corrections authorized by this section which affect the boundaries of, or jurisdiction over, land administered by another Federal agency shall be made only after consultation with, and the approval of, the head of such other agency.
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2003—Pub. L. 108–7 inserted at end “Any corrections authorized by this section which affect the boundaries of, or jurisdiction over, land administered by another Federal agency shall be made only after consultation with, and the approval of, the head of such other agency.”
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43 U.S.C. § 1746
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102