[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: 43CFR2545.2]

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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 2545_Erroneously Meandered Lands: Wisconsin
 
Sec. 2545.2  Applications.

    (a) Claimants under the Act of 1925 have a preferred right of 
application for a period of 90 days from the date of filing of the plat 
of survey of lands claimed by them. Applications for public lands under 
the Act of 1954 must be filed within 1 year after August 24, 1954, or 1 
year from the date of the official plat or resurvey, whichever is later. 
All applications must be filed in the proper office (see Sec. 1821.2-1 
of this chapter).
    (b) Every application must be accompanied by a filing fee of $10, 
which is not returnable.
    (c) No particular form is required but the applications must be 
typewritten or in legible handwriting and must contain the following 
information:
    (1) The name and post office address of the applicant.
    (2) The legal description and acreage of the public lands claimed or 
desired.
    (3) The legal description of the lands owned by the applicant, if 
any, adjoining the public lands claimed or desired. If the claim is 
based on ownership of such adjoining lands, the application must be 
accompanied by a certificate from the proper county official or by an 
abstractor, showing the date of acquisition of the lands by the 
applicant and that the applicant owns the lands in fee simple as of the 
date of application.
    (4) If the applicant is a color-of-title applicant under the Act of 
1925, a statement whether or not the applicant is a citizen of the 
United States.
    (5) If the application is based on color of title or riparian claim 
under the Act of 1925, a statement fully disclosing the facts of the 
matter; or if the application is based on peaceful, adverse possession 
under the Act of 1954, a similar statement showing peaceful, adverse 
possession by the applicant, or his predecessors in interest, since the 
issuance of the patent to the lands adjoining the claimed lands.
    (6) A statement showing the improvements, if any, placed on the 
public lands applied for including their location, nature, present 
value, date of installation, and the names of the person or persons who 
installed them.
    (7) A statement showing the cultivation, if any, of the lands 
applied for, including the nature, location, and dates of such 
cultivation.
    (8) The names and post office addresses of any adverse claimants, 
settlers, or occupants of the public lands applied for or claimed.
    (9) The names and post office addresses of at least two 
disinterested persons having knowledge of the facts relating to the 
applicant's claim.
    (10) A citation of the act under which the application is made.

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