[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: 43CFR2547.2]

[Page 139-140]
 
                    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 2547_Omitted Lands: General
 
Sec. 2547.2  Procedures; applications.

    (a) The description of the omitted lands applied for shall be 
sufficiently complete to identify the location, boundary, and area of 
the land, including, if possible, the legal description of the land by 
section or fractional section, township, range, meridian and State.
    (b) Each application shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $50 
that is nonreturnable. The application shall be filed in accordance with 
the provisions of Sec. 1821.2 of this title.

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    (c) No special form of application is required. The application 
shall be typewritten or in legible handwriting and shall contain the 
following information:
    (1) The full name and legal mailing address of the applicant.
    (2) The description and acreage of the public lands claimed.
    (3) A statement showing that the applicant is qualified or 
authorized to hold title to land in the State, is a citizen of the 
United States, and in the case of a corporation, is organized under the 
laws of the United States or any State thereof.
    (4) A statement describing how the applicant has satisfied the 
requirements of the statute.
    (5) A statement describing the nature and extent of any developments 
made to the lands applied for and describing the period and type of any 
occupancy of the land.
    (6) The names and legal mailing addresses of any known adverse 
claimants or occupants of the applied for lands.
    (7) A citation of the Act under which the application is being made.