Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60

§92 Lists Furnished with Deposits

Title 43 › Chapter 4— DISTRICT LAND OFFICES › § 92

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

When depositing funds, the Secretary's officer must give a certified list listing names and addresses, dates paid to officer or predecessor, purposes and amounts, certifying accuracy, amounts due, return attempted, and sums unclaimed for five years or more.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §92

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At the time of making such deposit the officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior shall furnish a list showing the date when the money was paid to him or to his predecessor; the names and residences of the parties; the purposes of the payments and the amounts thereof, which list shall bear the certificate of the officer that the same is correct; that the amounts are due and payable; that diligence has been exercised to return the same, and that the sums specified have remained unclaimed for a period of five years or more.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification This section, as originally enacted, related to receivers of public moneys for land districts. The office of receiver was consolidated with that of register by acts Mar. 3, 1925, and Oct. 28, 1921, under which the office of receiver was abolished. 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 “officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior” and “officer” substituted for “register” 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. § 92

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60