[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: 43CFR2521.8]

[Page 121]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2520_DESERT-LAND ENTRIES--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart 2521_Procedures
 
Sec. 2521.8  Contests.

    (a) Contests may be initiated by any person seeking to acquire title 
to or claiming an interest in the land involved against a party to any 
desert-land entry because of priority of claim or for any sufficient 
cause affecting the legality or validity of the claim not shown by the 
records of the Bureau of Land Management.
    (b) Successful contestants will be allowed a preference right of 
entry for 30 days after notice of the cancellation of the contested 
entry, in the same manner as in homestead cases, and the authorizing 
officer will give the same notice and is entitled to the same fee for 
notice as in other cases.