43 USC § 641b - Filing of application for quitclaim deeds

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s641b"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 641b - Filing of application for quitclaim deeds"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "641b"
section_name: "Filing of application for quitclaim deeds"
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "GRANTS OF DESERT LANDS TO STATES FOR RECLAMATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 727, § 2, 68 Stat. 703.)"
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# § 641b. Filing of application for quitclaim deeds

August 13, 1954

The Secretary shall not issue such quitclaim deeds or patents to any State, however, unless that State files a proper application for the transfer of these lands within three years after .

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 727, § 2, 68 Stat. 703.)