Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§629 Delivery of Notices Required by State Law; Right to Hearing, Appeal, Etc.
Title 43 › Chapter 13— FEDERAL LANDS INCLUDED IN STATE IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › § 629
Summary
Send irrigation-district notices about unpatented land to the Interior Secretary’s land-office officer and to the entryman; the U.S. and the entryman get the same hearing, appeal, and redemption rights as private owners.
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Title 43, §629
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All notices required by the irrigation district laws mentioned in this chapter shall, as soon as such notices are issued, be delivered to the officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior of the proper land office in cases where unpatented lands are affected thereby, and to the entryman whose unpatented lands are included therein, and the United States and such entryman shall be given the same rights to be heard by petition, answer, remonstrance, appeal, or otherwise as are given to persons holding lands in private ownership, and all entrymen shall be given the same rights of redemption as are given to the owners of lands held in private ownership.
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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. “Officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior” substituted for “register” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, which abolished all registers of district land offices and transferred functions of register of district land office to Secretary of the Interior. See section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out as a note under section 1 of this title. Previously, reference to “receiver” was changed to “register” by acts Oct. 28, 1921 and Mar. 3, 1925.
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43 U.S.C. § 629
Title 43 — Public Lands
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Apr 5, 2026
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