48 USC § 1507 - Public lands

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identifier: "/us/usc/t48/s1507"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "48 USC § 1507 - Public lands"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
section_number: "1507"
section_name: "Public lands"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "ALIEN OWNERS OF LAND"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 340, § 7, as added Mar. 2, 1897, ch. 363, 29 Stat. 619; amended Feb. 23, 1905, ch. 733, § 1, 33 Stat. 733.)"
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# § 1507. Public lands

This chapter shall not in any manner be construed to authorize aliens to acquire title from the United States to any of the public lands of the United States or to in any manner affect or change the laws regulating the disposal of the public lands of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 340, § 7, as added Mar. 2, 1897, ch. 363, 29 Stat. 619; amended Feb. 23, 1905, ch. 733, § 1, 33 Stat. 733.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Act , set out as , made sections 1501 to 1507 of this title applicable to the District of Columbia, on the basis of which certain provisions of this section were omitted.

Section was formerly classified to , Aliens and Nationality.