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title: "43 U.S.C. § 852a"
description: "Applications for unsurveyed lands; regulations; acreage requirements"
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title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
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section: "852a"
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# 43 U.S.C. § 852a - Applications for unsurveyed lands; regulations; acreage requirements
## Text
The Secretary of the Interior may issue regulations governing applications for unsurveyed lands. If he establishes any minimum acreage requirements, they shall provide for selection of tracts of reasonable size, taking into consideration location, terrain, and adjacent land ownership and uses.
(Pub. L. 89470, § 3, June 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 220.)