[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: 43CFR2544.1]



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                    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 2544_Erroneously Meandered Lands: Louisiana

 

Sec.  2544.1  Applications.



    Source: 35 FR 9594, June 13, 1970, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) Applications to purchase under the Act of February 19, 1925, 

must be signed by the applicant in the State of Louisiana. Such 

applications had to be filed within 90 days from the passage of this 

act, if the lands had been surveyed and plats filed, otherwise they must 

be filed within 90 days from the filing of such plat. The applicant must 

show that he is either a native-born or a naturalized citizen of the 

United States, and, if naturalized, file record evidence thereof; must 

describe the land which he desires to purchase, together with the land 

claimed as the basis of his preference right to the lands applied for it 

he applies as a riparian owner, or if claiming otherwise, under what 

color of the title his claim is based; in other words, a complete 

history of the claim, and that the lands applied for are not lawfully 

appropriated by a qualified settler or entryman under the public land 

laws, nor in the legal possession of any adverse applicant; the kind, 

character, and value of the improvements on the land covered by the 

application; when they were placed thereon; the extent of the 

cultivation, if any, and how long continued. Such application must be 

supported by the statement of at least two persons having personal 

knowledge of the facts alleged in the application.

    (b) All applications to purchase under the act must be accompanied 

by an application service fee of $10 which will not be returnable.