Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§1507 Public Lands
Title 48 › CHAPTER 11 — ALIEN OWNERS OF LAND › § 1507
Summary
Does not let noncitizens own U.S. public land or change the laws about how those lands are disposed of.
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Title 48, §1507
Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
This chapter shall not in any manner be construed to authorize aliens to acquire title from the United States to any of the public lands of the United States or to in any manner affect or change the laws regulating the disposal of the public lands of the United States.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Act Feb. 23, 1905, set out as section 1508 of this title, made sections 1501 to 1507 of this title applicable to the District of Columbia, on the basis of which certain provisions of this section were omitted. Section was formerly classified to section 77 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.
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48 U.S.C. § 1507
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102