[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: 43CFR2521.8]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2520_DESERT-LAND ENTRIES--Table of Contents

 

                         Subpart 2521_Procedures

 

Sec.  2521.8  Contests.



    (a) Contests may be initiated by any person seeking to acquire title 

to or claiming an interest in the land involved against a party to any 

desert-land entry because of priority of claim or for any sufficient 

cause affecting the legality or validity of the claim not shown by the 

records of the Bureau of Land Management.

    (b) Successful contestants will be allowed a preference right of 

entry for 30 days after notice of the cancellation of the contested 

entry, in the same manner as in homestead cases, and the authorizing 

officer will give the same notice and is entitled to the same fee for 

notice as in other cases.