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43 U.S.C. § 890

Homestead entries on railroad lands prior to withdrawal or after restoration to market confirmed

United States · Title 43 — PUBLIC LANDS · Status: effective

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43 U.S.C. § 890, Homestead entries on railroad lands prior to withdrawal or after restoration to market confirmed, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/485972
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All preemption and homestead entries, or entries in compliance with any law of the United States, of the public lands, made in good faith, by actual settlers, upon tracts of land of not more than one hundred and sixty acres each, within the limits of any land grant, prior to the time when notice of the withdrawal of the lands embraced in such grant was received at the local land office of the district in which such lands are situated, or after their restoration to market by order of the Bureau of Land Management, and where the preemption and homestead laws have been complied with, and proper proofs thereof have been made by the parties holding such tracts or parcels, shall be confirmed, and patents for the same shall issue to the parties entitled thereto.

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