[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: 43CFR2561.2]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2560_ALASKA OCCUPANCY AND USE--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart 2561_Native Allotments

 

Sec.  2561.2  Proof of use and occupancy.



    (a) An allotment will not be made until the lands are surveyed by 

the Bureau of Land Management, and until the applicant or the authorized 

officer of the Bureau of Indian Affairs has made satisfactory proof of 

substantially continuous use and occupancy of the land for a period of 

five years by the applicant. Such proof shall be made on a form approved 

by the Director, Bureau of Land Management, and filed in the proper land 

office. If made by the applicant, it must be signed by him, but if he is 

unable to write his name, his mark or thumb print shall be impressed on 

the statement and witnessed by two persons. This proof may be submitted 

with the application for allotment if the applicant has then used and 

occupied the land for five years, or may be made at any time within six 

years after the filing of the application when the requirements have 

been met.

    (b) [Reserved]