[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR1810.3]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 

PART 1810_INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL GUIDANCE--Table of Contents

 

                       Subpart 1810_General Rules

 

Sec.  1810.3  Effect of laches; authority to bind government.



    (a) The authority of the United States to enforce a public right or 

protect a public interest is not vitiated or lost by acquiescence of its 

officers or agents, or by their laches, neglect of duty, failure to act, 

or delays in the performance of their duties.

    (b) The United States is not bound or estopped by the acts of its 

officers or agents when they enter into an arrangement or agreement to 

do or cause to be done what the law does not sanction or permit.

    (c) Reliance upon information or opinion of any officer, agent or 

employee or on records maintained by land offices cannot operate to vest 

any right not authorized by law.