[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: 43CFR2612.1]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2610_CAREY ACT GRANTS--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart 2612_Issuance of Patents

 

Sec.  2612.1  Lists for patents.





    When patents are desired for any lands that have been segregated, 

the State shall file in the BLM State Office a list of lands to be 

patented, with a certificate of the presiding officer of the State land 

board, or other officer of the State who may be charged with the duty of 

disposing of the lands which the State may obtain under the law, that 

the lands have been reclaimed according to the plan of development, so 

that a permanent supply of water has been made available for each tract 

in the list, sufficient to thoroughly reclaim each 160-acre tract for 

the raising of ordinary agricultural crops. If patents are to be issued 

directly to assignees, the list shall include their names, the 

particular lands each



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claims, and a certification by the State that each is an actual settler 

and has cultivated at least 20 acres of each 160-acre tract. If there 

are portions which cannot be reclaimed, the nature, extent, location, 

and area of such portions should be fully stated. If less than 5 acres 

of a smallest legal subdivision can be reclaimed and the subdivision is 

not essential for the reclamation, cultivation, or settlement of the 

lands; such legal subdivision must be relinquished, and shall be 

restored to the public domain as provided in a notice published in the 

Federal Register.