Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§18 Copies of Papers Filed
Title 43 › CHAPTER 1 — BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT › § 18
Summary
The Secretary must give officially certified copies of papers kept on file that affect land ownership to anyone who claims rights under a U.S. grant or patent and asks the Department of the Interior.
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Title 43, §18
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Whenever any person claiming to be interested in or entitled to land, under any grant or patent from the United States, applies to the Department of the Interior for copies of papers filed and remaining therein, in anywise affecting the title to such land, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to cause such copies to be made out and authenticated, under his hand and the seal of the Bureau of Land Management, for the person so applying.
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Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 460 derived from acts Jan. 23, 1823, ch. 6, 3 Stat. 721; July 4, 1836, ch. 352, § 7, 5 Stat. 111.
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Transfer of Functions
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Transfer of Functions
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” 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. § 18
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102