Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§641a Issuance of Quitclaim Deeds; Patents for Segregated Lands
Title 43 › CHAPTER 14 — GRANTS OF DESERT LANDS TO STATES FOR RECLAMATION › § 641a
Summary
Secretary must give States quitclaim deeds for lands they were granted, and issue patents for unpatented lands set aside when States issued final certificates or when equitable cultivation claims arose before June 1, 1953, to the holders or their heirs, successors, or assigns.
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Title 43, §641a
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The Secretary of the Interior shall issue quitclaim deeds to the public-land States for all lands patented to such States under section 641 of this title. He shall also issue a patent for all unpatented public lands within each State now segregated under that section for which the State issued final certificates or other evidence of right prior to June 1, 1953, or as to which equitable claims to the lands accrued prior to that date (by reason of cultivation or improvement of the lands for agricultural development purposes) for conveyance to the holders of such rights or claims, or to their heirs, successors, or assigns.
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43 U.S.C. § 641a
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102