[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: 43CFR2613.2]

[Page 168-169]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2610_CAREY ACT GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart 2613_Preference Right Upon Restoration
 
Sec. 2613.2  Applications.

    (a) Applications for preference rights under the Act of February 14, 
1920,

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shall be filed within 90 days of the publication of the restoration 
order.
    (b) Applications shall be on a form approved by the Director and 
shall set forth sufficient facts to show that the applicant is qualified 
under the act and these regulations. The application must be subscribed 
and sworn to before a notary public.
    (c) Persons qualified. The Act of February 14, 1920, applies only to 
cases of entries in good faith in compliance with the requirements of 
State law, with a view to reclaiming the land and procuring title 
pursuant to the provisions of the Carey Act; the act does not apply to 
cases where persons have settled on or improved the segregated land, 
either with the approval of the State authorities or otherwise, not 
pursuant to State law or not in anticipation of reclaiming the lands and 
procuring title under the Carey Act but in anticipation of initiating 
some kind of a claim to the land on its restoration because of failure 
of the project or cancellation of the segregation.
    (d) Persons not qualified. The Act of February 14, 1920, does not 
apply to cases where the applicant's entry has been canceled by the 
State or forfeited for failure to perfect the entry according to State 
law, unless the failure is the result of conditions which culminated in 
the elimination of the lands from the project if the State has allowed a 
subsequent entry for the same lands, this shall be conclusive evidence 
that the default was the fault of the State entryman whose entry was 
forfeited or canceled.