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LegalText 43 U.S.C. § 861 Preference right of selection granted certain Western States; bona fide settlers us united_states_code code_section 43 PUBLIC LANDS 20 RESERVATIONS AND GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES 861 43 U.S.C. § 861 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc43@119-100.zip /us/usc/t43/s861 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-43/usc43.xml 37e5ea30ff57960e285ceabafc970b91e466da982339b7c7138fee146f513aa4 d46a16361aa9d10bbc4b27ea0561882d240801c965a2700a4b7cf5f02f552a5f dae270220b9740e73253be186356783c9a342b67898a44b115d8edec471ae1c1 2026-07-04 official
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43 U.S.C. § 861 - Preference right of selection granted certain Western States; bona fide settlers

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The States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, and Washington shall have a preference right over any person or corporation to select lands subject to entry by said States by the Act of Congress approved February 22, 1889, for a period of sixty days after lands have been surveyed and duly declared to be subject to selection and entry under the general land laws of the United States. Such preference right shall not accrue against bona fide homestead or preemption settlers on any of said lands at the date of filing of the plat of survey of any township in any local land office of said States.

(Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 208, 27 Stat. 592.)

Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextAct February 22, 1889, referred to in text, is act Feb. 22, 1889, ch. 180, 25 Stat. 676. Provisions relating to admission of the enumerated States into the Union are not classified to the Code.