Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§2507 Entries and Final Proofs, Made Out of Proper District, Confirmed
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Summary
The Secretary of the Interior, or someone he appoints, must confirm an application, entry, or final proof made under the homestead or other land laws if a local land office made a mistake before March 9, 1904. This is allowed only when there was no fraud by the claimant, no earlier competing claim to the land, and no other reason to deny the claimant’s title, except that the document was filed outside the correct land district required by the Act of March 11, 1902.
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Title 43, §2507
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Whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, that an error was made prior to March 9, 1904, by the officers of any local land office in receiving any application, declaratory statement, entry, or final proof under the homestead or other land laws, and that there was no fraud practiced by the entryman, and that there are no prior adverse claimants to the land described in the entry, and that no other reason why the title should not vest in the entryman exists, except that said application, declaratory statement, entry, or proof was not made within the land district in which the lands applied for were situated, as provided by the Act of March 11, 1902, such entry or proof shall be confirmed.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act of March 11, 1902, referred to in text, probably means act Mar. 11, 1902, ch. 182, 32 Stat. 63, which was classified to section 254 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 702, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2787. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1167 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Act Mar. 9, 1904, ch. 503, § 2, 33 Stat. 64, provided: “That this Act [enacting this section] shall be in force from and after its passage and approval.”
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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. “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. § 2507
Title 43 — Public Lands
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Apr 5, 2026
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