43 U.S.C. § 627 — Sale of unpatented and unentered land prohibited; suspension of entry
submitted 110 years ago by ch. 319 to r/title-43-PUBLIC-LANDS · 128 words · no verdicts yet
Public land that was unentered when an irrigation district imposed a tax cannot be sold for that tax, but the tax remains a lien and affects later entry applications.
Public land that was unentered when an irrigation district imposed a tax or assessment may not be sold for that charge. The charge remains a lien on the land. One person may enter no more than 160 acres of that land. After the Secretary of the Interior approves an application under the homestead or desert-land laws, the application must be suspended for 30 days so the applicant can provide a certificate from the proper district or county officer showing that no unpaid and overdue district charges are due on the land.
No public lands which were unentered at the time any tax or assessment was levied against same by such irrigation district shall be sold for such taxes or assessments, but such tax or assessment shall be and continue a lien upon such lands, and not more than one hundred and sixty acres of such land shall be entered by any one person; and when such lands shall be applied for, after said approval by the Secretary of the Interior, under the homestead or desert-land laws of the United States the application shall be suspended for a period of thirty days to enable the applicant to present a certificate from the proper district or county officer showing that no unpaid district charges are due and delinquent against said land.
Source credit: (Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 319, § 5, 39 Stat. 508.)
- 1916Enacted · Act of Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 319 · 39 Stat. 508
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 319 on 1916-08-11.
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