[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR1865.1-3]

[Page 43]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 1860_CONVEYANCES, DISCLAIMERS AND CORRECTION DOCUMENTS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart 1865_Correction of Conveyancing Documents
 
Sec. 1865.1-3  Action on application.

    The authorized officer, upon review of the factual data and 
information submitted with the application, and upon a finding that an 
error was made in the patent or document of conveyance and that the 
requested relief is warranted and appropriate, shall give written 
notification to the applicant and make a reasonable effort to give 
written notification to any others known to have or believed to have or 
claim an interest in the lands that a corrected patent or document of 
conveyance shall be issued. The notification shall include a description 
of how the error is to be corrected or eliminated in the patent or 
document of conveyance. The notice shall require the applicant to 
surrender the original patent or other document of conveyance to be 
corrected. Where such original document is unavailable, a statement 
setting forth the reasons for its unavailability shall be submitted in 
lieu of the original document. The notice may include a requirement for 
quitclaiming to the United States the lands erroneously included, and 
shall specify any terms and conditions required for the quitclaim.