§ 352a. — Cancellation of patents in fee simple for allotments held in trust.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC352a]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 9--ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS
Sec. 352a. Cancellation of patents in fee simple for allotments
held in trust
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to
cancel any patent in fee simple issued to an Indian allottee or to his
heirs before the end of the period of trust described in the original or
trust patent issued to such allottee, or before the expiration of any
extension of such period of trust by the President, where such patent in
fee simple was issued without the consent or an application therefor by
the allottee or by his heirs: Provided, That the patentee has not
mortgaged or sold any part of the land described in such patent:
Provided also, That upon cancellation of such patent in fee simple the
land shall have the same status as though such fee patent had never been
issued.
(Feb. 26, 1927, ch. 215, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 1247.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 352b of this title.
