[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: 43CFR3110.5-3]

[Page 365]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3110_NONCOMPETITIVE LEASES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart 3110_Noncompetitive Leases
 
Sec. 3110.5-3  Acquired lands.

    (a) If the lands applied for lie within and conform to the 
rectangular system of public land surveys and constitute either all or a 
portion of the tract acquired by the United States, such lands shall be 
described by legal subdivision, section, township, range, and, if 
needed, meridian.
    (b) If the lands applied for do not conform to the rectangular 
system of public land surveys, but lie within an area of the public land 
surveys and constitute the entire tract acquired by the United States, 
such lands shall be described by metes and bounds, giving courses and 
distances between the successive angle points with appropriate ties to 
the nearest official survey corner, or a copy of the deed or other 
conveyance document by which the United States acquired title to the 
lands may be attached to the offer and referred to therein in lieu of 
redescribing the lands on the offer form. If the desired lands 
constitute less than the entire tract acquired by the United States, 
such lands shall be described by metes and bounds, giving courses and 
distances between the successive angle points with appropriate ties to 
the nearest official survey corner. If a portion of the boundary of the 
desired lands coincides with the boundary in the deed or other 
conveyance document, that boundary need not be redescribed on the offer 
form, provided that a copy of the deed or other conveyance document upon 
which the coinciding description is clearly identified is attached to 
the offer. That portion of the description not coinciding shall be tied 
by description on the offer by courses and distances between successive 
angle points into the description in the deed or other conveyance 
document.
    (c) If the lands applied for lie outside an area of the public land 
surveys and constitute the entire tract acquired by the United States, 
such lands shall be described as in the deed or other conveyance 
document by which the United States acquired title to the lands, or a 
copy of that document may be attached to the offer and referred to 
therein in lieu of redescribing the lands on the offer form. If the 
desired lands constitute less than the entire tract acquired by the 
United States, such lands shall be described by courses and distances 
between successive angle points tying by courses and distances into the 
description in the deed or other conveyance document. If a portion of 
the boundary of the desired lands coincides with the boundary in the 
deed or other conveyance document, that boundary need not be redescribed 
on the offer form, provided that a copy of the deed or other conveyance 
document upon which the coinciding description is clearly identified is 
attached to the offer. That portion of the description not coinciding 
shall be tied by description in the offer by courses and distances 
between successive angle points into the description in the deed or 
other conveyance document.
    (d) Where the acquiring agency has assigned an acquisition or tract 
number covering the lands applied for, without loss of priority to the 
offeror, the authorized officer may require that number in addition to 
any description otherwise required by this section. If the authorized 
officer determines that the acquisition or tract number, together with 
identification of the State and county, constitutes an adequate 
description, the authorized officer may allow the description in this 
manner in lieu of other descriptions required by this section.
    (e) Where the lands applied for do not conform to the rectangular 
system of public land surveys, without loss of priority to the offeror, 
the authorized officer may require 3 copies of a map upon which the 
location of the desired lands are clearly marked with respect to the 
administrative unit or project of which they are a part.