[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: 43CFR2561.2]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2560_ALASKA OCCUPANCY AND USE--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart 2561_Native Allotments
 
Sec. 2561.2  Proof of use and occupancy.

    (a) An allotment will not be made until the lands are surveyed by 
the Bureau of Land Management, and until the applicant or the authorized 
officer of the Bureau of Indian Affairs has made satisfactory proof of 
substantially continuous use and occupancy of the land for a period of 
five years by the applicant. Such proof shall be made on a form approved 
by the Director, Bureau of Land Management, and filed in the proper land 
office. If made by the applicant, it must be signed by him, but if he is 
unable to write his name, his mark or thumb print shall be impressed on 
the statement and witnessed by two persons. This proof may be submitted 
with the application for allotment if the applicant has then used and 
occupied the land for five years, or may be made at any time within six 
years after the filing of the application when the requirements have 
been met.
    (b) [Reserved]