Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§83 Transcripts of Records as Evidence
Title 43 › CHAPTER 4 — DISTRICT LAND OFFICES › § 83
Summary
Certified copies of records from district land offices must be accepted as evidence in all United States and Territorial courts and by officials who can take evidence. These copies must be certified by the Secretary of the Interior or officials he designates, and they carry the same legal weight as the original records.
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Title 43, §83
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Transcripts of the records in the district land offices, when made and duly certified to by the Secretary of the Interior or such officers as he may designate for individuals, shall be admitted as evidence in all courts of the United States and the Territories thereof, and before all officials authorized to receive evidence, with the same force and effect as the original records.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification The words “and receivers” which followed “registers” in the original text were omitted as superseded by acts Oct. 28, 1921, and Mar. 3, 1925, providing for consolidation of the two offices. See, also,
Transfer of Functions
note below.
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. Words “district land offices” substituted for “offices of registers” and “the Secretary of the Interior or such officers as he may designate” substituted for “them” on authority of section 403 of 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 83
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102