25 USC § 354 - Lands not liable for debts prior to final patent
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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s354"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "25 USC § 354 - Lands not liable for debts prior to final patent"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "354"
section_name: "Lands not liable for debts prior to final patent"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 8, 1887, ch. 119, as added June 21, 1906, ch. 3504, 34 Stat. 327.)"
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# § 354. Lands not liable for debts prior to final patent
No lands acquired under the provisions of this Act shall, in any event, become liable to the satisfaction of any debt contracted prior to the issuing of the final patent in fee therefor.
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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 8, 1887, ch. 119, as added June 21, 1906, ch. 3504, 34 Stat. 327.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is , , and is popularly known as the Indian General Allotment Act. For classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.