25 USC § 391 - Continuance of restrictions on alienation in patent
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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s391"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "25 USC § 391 - Continuance of restrictions on alienation in patent"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "391"
section_name: "Continuance of restrictions on alienation in patent"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 21, 1906, ch. 3504, 34 Stat. 326.)"
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# § 391. Continuance of restrictions on alienation in patent
*Provided, however*
Prior to the expiration of the trust period of any Indian allottee to whom a trust or other patent containing restrictions upon alienation has been or shall be issued under any law or treaty the President may, in his discretion, continue such restrictions on alienation for such period as he may deem best: , That this shall not apply to lands in the former Indian Territory.
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**Source Credit**: (June 21, 1906, ch. 3504, 34 Stat. 326.)