43 U.S.C. § 99 — Repayment of moneys deposited and covered into Treasury

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If you paid money to a Land Department officer that later went into the Treasury, you can get it back by showing proof to the Government Accountability Office. But you lose that right if you wait more than five years, and homestead buyers get ten days to pay after approval.

If you paid money to an officer the Secretary of the Interior designated (or that officer's predecessor), and that money was later deposited into the Treasury under section 91 or 93 of this title, you can get it back. To do this, show satisfactory proof of your payment to the Government Accountability Office. The government will then settle an account and issue you a payment warrant, following the same process used for other approved and calculated claims against the United States. Two conditions apply. First, if the money sits unclaimed in the Treasury for more than five years, you lose the right to recover it. Second, someone applying to buy public land for cash under a homestead entry doesn't have to pay until the designated officer approves the application — but then must pay within ten days after being notified of the approval.

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

Any person or persons who shall have made payment to an officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior or to his predecessor, and the money shall have been covered into the Treasury pursuant to section 91 or 93 of this title, shall, on presenting satisfactory evidence of such payment to the Government Accountability Office, be entitled to have the same returned by the settlement of an account and the issuing of a warrant in his favor according to the practice in other cases of authorized and liquidated claims against the United States: Provided, That when such moneys shall remain unclaimed in the Treasury for more than five years the right to recover the same shall be barred: Provided, That no homestead entryman shall be required to make payment of the purchase money on any application to make a cash entry until the same shall have been approved by the officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior, but such payment shall be made within ten days after notice of such approval.

Source credit: (Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2562, § 4, 34 Stat. 1245; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; 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; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1907Enacted · Act of Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2562 · 34 Stat. 1245
1921Amended · Act of June 10, 1921, ch. 18 · 42 Stat. 24
1921Amended · Act of Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114 · 42 Stat. 208
1925Amended · Act of Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462 · 43 Stat. 1145
2004Amended · Pub. L. 108-271 · 118 Stat. 814

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 2562 on 1907-03-02.

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