Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§6 Duties of Employees to Certify, Record, Etc., Patents
Title 43 › CHAPTER 1 — BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT › § 6
Summary
Designated Bureau of Land Management employees must sign, seal, and finish official public land patents under the Secretary’s instructions. They must also record and send those patent documents correctly. They must make alphabetical lists of people who have patents or are entitled to them. They must give copies or certified extracts of BLM files when the Secretary or a designated officer asks.
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Title 43, §6
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It shall be the duty of such officers or employees of the Bureau of Land Management as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, in pursuance of instructions from the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate, to certify and affix the seal of the office to all patents for public lands, and to attend to the correct engrossing, recording, and transmission of such patents. They shall prepare alphabetical indexes of the names of patentees, and of persons entitled to patents; and shall prepare such copies and exemplifications of matters on file or recorded in the Bureau of Land Management as the Secretary or such officer may from time to time direct.
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Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 459 derived from acts Apr. 25, 1812, ch. 68, § 8, 2 Stat. 717; July 4, 1836, ch. 352, § 4, 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” and references to the Commissioner were changed to Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title. Office of Recorder of General Land Office abolished and functions of recorder directed to be exercised under direction and supervision of Secretary of the Interior, through such officers or employees of General Land Office as he may designate, on authority of section 4 of Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See also section 8 and 9 of Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940 for provisions relating to transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds.
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43 U.S.C. § 6
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102