[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: 43CFR2545.2]



[Page 133-134]

 

                    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 2545_Erroneously Meandered Lands: Wisconsin

 

Sec.  2545.2  Applications.



    (a) Claimants under the Act of 1925 have a preferred right of 

application for a period of 90 days from the date of filing of the plat 

of survey of lands claimed by them. Applications for public lands under 

the Act of 1954 must be filed within 1 year after August 24, 1954, or 1 

year from the date of the official plat or resurvey, whichever is later. 

All applications must be filed in the proper office (see Sec.  1821.2-1 

of this chapter).

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

which is not returnable.

    (c) No particular form is required but the applications must be 

typewritten or in legible handwriting and must contain the following 

information:

    (1) The name and post office address of the applicant.

    (2) The legal description and acreage of the public lands claimed or 

desired.

    (3) The legal description of the lands owned by the applicant, if 

any, adjoining the public lands claimed or desired. If the claim is 

based on ownership of such adjoining lands, the application must be 

accompanied by a certificate from the proper county official or by an 

abstractor, showing the date of acquisition of the lands by the 

applicant and that the applicant owns the lands in fee simple as of the 

date of application.

    (4) If the applicant is a color-of-title applicant under the Act of 

1925, a statement whether or not the applicant is a citizen of the 

United States.

    (5) If the application is based on color of title or riparian claim 

under the Act of 1925, a statement fully disclosing the facts of the 

matter; or if the application is based on peaceful, adverse possession 

under the Act of 1954, a similar statement showing peaceful, adverse 

possession by the applicant, or his predecessors in interest, since the 

issuance of the patent to the lands adjoining the claimed lands.

    (6) A statement showing the improvements, if any, placed on the 

public lands applied for including their location, nature, present 

value, date of installation, and the names of the person or persons who 

installed them.

    (7) A statement showing the cultivation, if any, of the lands 

applied for, including the nature, location, and dates of such 

cultivation.

    (8) The names and post office addresses of any adverse claimants, 

settlers, or occupants of the public lands applied for or claimed.

    (9) The names and post office addresses of at least two 

disinterested persons having knowledge of the facts relating to the 

applicant's claim.



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    (10) A citation of the act under which the application is made.