[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: 43CFR2547.2]



[Page 135-136]

 

                    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 2547_Omitted Lands: General

 

Sec.  2547.2  Procedures; applications.



    (a) The description of the omitted lands applied for shall be 

sufficiently complete to identify the location, boundary, and area of 

the land, including, if possible, the legal description of the land by 

section or fractional section, township, range, meridian and State.

    (b) Each application shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $50 

that is nonreturnable. The application shall be



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filed in accordance with the provisions of Sec.  1821.2 of this title.

    (c) No special form of application is required. The application 

shall be typewritten or in legible handwriting and shall contain the 

following information:

    (1) The full name and legal mailing address of the applicant.

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

    (3) A statement showing that the applicant is qualified or 

authorized to hold title to land in the State, is a citizen of the 

United States, and in the case of a corporation, is organized under the 

laws of the United States or any State thereof.

    (4) A statement describing how the applicant has satisfied the 

requirements of the statute.

    (5) A statement describing the nature and extent of any developments 

made to the lands applied for and describing the period and type of any 

occupancy of the land.

    (6) The names and legal mailing addresses of any known adverse 

claimants or occupants of the applied for lands.

    (7) A citation of the Act under which the application is being made.