Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§757 Cost of Survey of Private Land Claims to Be Reported and Paid
Title 43 › CHAPTER 18 — SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS › § 757
Summary
Keep a record of survey and mapping costs for each private land claim sent to BLM. No official land title or survey copy is issued until those costs are paid into the U.S. Treasury by claimants or another party.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §757
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An accurate account shall be kept by the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate of the cost of surveying and platting every private land claim to be reported to the Bureau of Land Management with the map of such claim; and a patent shall not issue nor shall any copy of any such survey be furnished for any such private claim until the cost of survey and platting shall have been paid into the Treasury of the United States by the party or parties in interest in said grant or by any other party.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Abolition of Office of Surveyor General and
Transfer of Functions
Act Mar. 3, 1925, abolished office of surveyor general and transferred administration of all activities in charge of surveyors general to Field Surveying Service under jurisdiction of United States Supervisor of Surveys.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For
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. “Field Surveying Service” changed to “Secretary of the Interior or such agency as he may designate” and “General Land Office” changed to “Bureau of Land Management”, 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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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 757
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102