43 U.S.C. § 100 — Disqualification

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A land-office officer cannot hear or decide a case if they have a personal stake in it, previously represented a party in it, or are closely related to a party. This keeps decisions free of conflicts of interest.

No officer can receive evidence in, hear, or decide any case pending before a district land office if that officer has a direct or indirect interest in the case, has previously acted as counsel in it, or is related to any party in the case by blood or marriage within the fourth degree — measured using common-law rules for counting relationships.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

No officer shall receive evidence in, hear, or determine any cause pending in any district land office in which cause he is interested directly or indirectly, or has been of counsel, or where he is related to any of the parties in interest by consanguinity or affinity within the fourth degree, computing by the rules adopted by the common law.

Source credit: (Jan. 11, 1894, ch. 10, § 1, 28 Stat. 26; Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1894Enacted · Act of Jan. 11, 1894, ch. 10 · 28 Stat. 26
1921Amended · Act of Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114 · 42 Stat. 208
1925Amended · Act of Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462 · 43 Stat. 1145

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 10 on 1894-01-11.

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