§ 627. — Sale of unpatented and unentered land prohibited; suspension of entry.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC627]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 13--FEDERAL LANDS INCLUDED IN STATE IRRIGATION DISTRICTS
Sec. 627. Sale of unpatented and unentered land prohibited;
suspension of entry
No public lands which were unentered at the time any tax or
assessment was levied against same by such irrigation district shall be
sold for such taxes or assessments, but such tax or assessment shall be
and continue a lien upon such lands, and not more than one hundred and
sixty acres of such land shall be entered by any one person; and when
such lands shall be applied for, after said approval by the Secretary of
the Interior, under the homestead or desert-land laws of the United
States the application shall be suspended for a period of thirty days to
enable the applicant to present a certificate from the proper district
or county officer showing that no unpaid district charges are due and
delinquent against said land.
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 319, Sec. 5, 39 Stat. 508.)
References in Text
The desert-land laws of the United States, referred to in text, are
classified generally to chapter 9 (Sec. 321 et seq.) of this title.