[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: 43CFR3110.5-3]



[Page 376-377]

 

                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 3110_NONCOMPETITIVE LEASES--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart 3110_Noncompetitive Leases

 

Sec.  3110.5-3  Acquired lands.



    (a) If the lands applied for lie within and conform to the 

rectangular system of public land surveys and constitute either all or a 

portion of the tract acquired by the United States, such lands shall be 

described by legal subdivision, section, township, range, and, if 

needed, meridian.

    (b) If the lands applied for do not conform to the rectangular 

system of public land surveys, but lie within an area of the public land 

surveys and constitute the entire tract acquired by the United States, 

such lands shall be described by metes and bounds, giving courses and 

distances between the successive angle points with appropriate ties to 

the nearest official survey corner, or a copy of the deed or other 

conveyance document by which the United States acquired title to the 

lands may be attached to the offer and referred to therein in lieu of 

redescribing the lands on the offer form. If the desired lands 

constitute less than the entire tract acquired by the United States, 

such lands shall be described by metes and bounds, giving courses and 

distances between the successive angle points with appropriate ties to 

the nearest official survey corner. If a portion of the boundary of the 

desired lands coincides with the boundary in the deed or other 

conveyance document, that boundary need not be redescribed on the offer 

form, provided that a copy of the deed or other conveyance document upon 

which the coinciding description is clearly identified is attached to 

the offer. That portion of the description not coinciding shall be tied 

by description on the offer by courses and distances between successive 

angle points into the description in the deed or other conveyance 

document.

    (c) If the lands applied for lie outside an area of the public land 

surveys and constitute the entire tract acquired by the United States, 

such lands shall be described as in the deed or other conveyance 

document by which the United States acquired title to the lands, or a 

copy of that document may be attached to the offer and referred to 

therein in lieu of redescribing the lands on the offer form. If the 

desired lands constitute less than the entire tract acquired by the 

United States, such



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lands shall be described by courses and distances between successive 

angle points tying by courses and distances into the description in the 

deed or other conveyance document. If a portion of the boundary of the 

desired lands coincides with the boundary in the deed or other 

conveyance document, that boundary need not be redescribed on the offer 

form, provided that a copy of the deed or other conveyance document upon 

which the coinciding description is clearly identified is attached to 

the offer. That portion of the description not coinciding shall be tied 

by description in the offer by courses and distances between successive 

angle points into the description in the deed or other conveyance 

document.

    (d) Where the acquiring agency has assigned an acquisition or tract 

number covering the lands applied for, without loss of priority to the 

offeror, the authorized officer may require that number in addition to 

any description otherwise required by this section. If the authorized 

officer determines that the acquisition or tract number, together with 

identification of the State and county, constitutes an adequate 

description, the authorized officer may allow the description in this 

manner in lieu of other descriptions required by this section.

    (e) Where the lands applied for do not conform to the rectangular 

system of public land surveys, without loss of priority to the offeror, 

the authorized officer may require 3 copies of a map upon which the 

location of the desired lands are clearly marked with respect to the 

administrative unit or project of which they are a part.