48 U.S.C. § 1489 — Loss of title of United States to lands in territories through adverse possession or prescription forbidden
submitted 92 years ago by ch. 99 to r/title-48-TERRITORIES-AND-INSULAR-POSSESSIONS · 78 words · no verdicts yet
No limitation period can run against U.S. title to territorial or possession lands, and no one can acquire such title by adverse possession, prescription, or means other than a U.S. conveyance.
On and after March 27, 1934, no prescription or statute of limitations may run or continue to run against the United States’ title to land in any territory, possession, or place under U.S. jurisdiction or control. No one may acquire title to, or a right in, that land by adverse possession, prescription, or any method other than a conveyance from the United States.
On and after March 27, 1934, no prescription or statute of limitations shall run, or continue to run, against the title of the United States to lands in any territory or possession or place or territory under the jurisdiction or control of the United States; and no title to any such lands of the United States or any right therein shall be acquired by adverse possession or prescription, or otherwise than by conveyance from the United States.
Source credit: (Mar. 27, 1934, ch. 99, 48 Stat. 507; Proc. No. 2695, eff. July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352.)
- 1934Enacted · Act of Mar. 27, 1934, ch. 99 · 48 Stat. 507
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