43 USC § 2502 - Adjudications as to suspended entries; approval

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s2502"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 2502 - Adjudications as to suspended entries; approval"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "2502"
section_name: "Adjudications as to suspended entries; approval"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "SUSPENDED ENTRIES AND CLAIMS; PATENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(R.S. § 2451; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 858.)"
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# § 2502. Adjudications as to suspended entries; approval

Every such adjudication shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior and shall operate only to divest the United States of the title to the land embraced thereby, without prejudice to the rights of conflicting claimants.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 2451; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 858.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

R.S. § 2451 derived from acts , ; , .