[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: 43CFR2541.2]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2540_COLOR-OF-TITLE AND OMITTED LANDS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart 2541_Color-of-Title Act
 
Sec. 2541.2  Procedures.

    (a) Application. (1) An application for a claim of class 1 or of 
class 2 must be filed in duplicate on a form approved by the Director. 
It must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 1821.2 of 
this chapter.
    (2) Every application must be accompanied by a filing fee of $10, 
which will be nonreturnable.
    (3) The application must be in typewritten form, or in legible 
handwriting, and it must be completely executed and signed by the 
applicant.
    (4) Every applicant must furnish information required in the 
application form concerning improvements, cultivation, conveyances of 
title, taxes, and related matters.
    (b) Description of lands applied for. Application under the act may 
be made for surveyed or unsurveyed lands. If unsurveyed, the description 
must be sufficiently complete to identify the location, boundary, and 
area of the land and, if possible, the approximate description or 
location of the land by section, township, and range. If unsurveyed land 
is claimed, final action will be suspended until the plat of survey has 
been officially filed.
    (c) Presentation and verification of factual statements. (1) 
Information relating to all record and nonrecord conveyances, or to 
nonrecord claims of title, affecting the land shall be itemized on a 
form approved by the Director. The statements of record conveyances must 
be certified by the proper county official or by an abstractor. The 
applicant may be called upon to submit documentary or other evidence 
relating to

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conveyances or claims. Abstracts of title or other documents which are 
so requested will be returned to the applicant.
    (2) Applicants for claims of class 2 must itemize all information 
relating to tax levies and payments on the land on a form approved by 
the Director which must be certified by the proper county official or by 
an abstractor.