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Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102

§93 Deposit of Moneys Deposited by Unknown Parties

Title 43 › CHAPTER 4 — DISTRICT LAND OFFICES › § 93

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Put money that a district land office shows as coming from “unknown parties” into the account of the Treasurer of the United States. Send a list showing each amount and, if possible, the receipt date. An officer named by the Secretary of the Interior must certify that a careful search found no owner and that the money has been held in the unearned fees and unofficial moneys accounts for five years or more.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §93

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Amounts that appear in the accounts of a district land office as “Moneys deposited by unknown parties” shall also be deposited to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, accompanied by a list showing the amount and, if possible, the date of the receipt of each item; which list shall bear the certificate of the officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior that, after careful investigation, the ownership of said moneys could not be determined, and that they have been reported in the unearned fees and unofficial moneys accounts for 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Codification This section, as originally enacted, related to receivers of public moneys for land districts.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 “the accounts of a district land office” substituted for “a register’s accounts” and “officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior” substituted for “register” 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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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 93

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102