Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§2503 Patents Surrendered and New Ones Issued
Title 43 › CHAPTER 43 — SUSPENDED ENTRIES AND CLAIMS; PATENTS › § 2503
Summary
If a patent was already issued for an entry that the Secretary of the Interior approved, the Secretary—or an officer he appoints—can cancel the old patent and, after approval, issue a new patent to the person who made the entry or to that person's heirs or assigns.
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Title 43, §2503
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Where patents have been already issued on entries which are approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, upon the canceling of the outstanding patent, is authorized to issue a new patent, on such approval, to the person who made the entry, his heirs or assigns.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1163 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. R.S. § 2456 derived from act Mar. 3, 1853, ch. 152, § 2, 10 Stat. 258.
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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. “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. § 2503
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102