[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: 43CFR2541.2]



[Page 128-129]

 

                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2540_COLOR-OF-TITLE AND OMITTED LANDS--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart 2541_Color-of-Title Act

 

Sec.  2541.2  Procedures.



    (a) Application. (1) An application for a claim of class 1 or of 

class 2 must be filed in duplicate on a form approved by the Director. 

It must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Sec.  1821.2 of 

this chapter.

    (2) Every application must be accompanied by a filing fee of $10, 

which will be nonreturnable.

    (3) The application must be in typewritten form, or in legible 

handwriting, and it must be completely executed and signed by the 

applicant.

    (4) Every applicant must furnish information required in the 

application form concerning improvements, cultivation, conveyances of 

title, taxes, and related matters.

    (b) Description of lands applied for. Application under the act may 

be made for surveyed or unsurveyed lands. If unsurveyed, the description 

must be sufficiently complete to identify the location, boundary, and 

area of the land and, if possible, the approximate description or 

location of the land by section, township, and range. If unsurveyed land 

is claimed, final action will be suspended until the plat of survey has 

been officially filed.

    (c) Presentation and verification of factual statements. (1) 

Information relating to all record and nonrecord conveyances, or to 

nonrecord claims of title, affecting the land shall be itemized on a 

form approved by the Director. The statements of record conveyances must 

be certified by the proper county official or by an abstractor. The 

applicant may be called upon to submit documentary or other evidence 

relating to



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conveyances or claims. Abstracts of title or other documents which are 

so requested will be returned to the applicant.

    (2) Applicants for claims of class 2 must itemize all information 

relating to tax levies and payments on the land on a form approved by 

the Director which must be certified by the proper county official or by 

an abstractor.