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now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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type: "LegalText"
title: "43 U.S.C. § 884"
description: "Right of forfeiture of railroad grants not affected"
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title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
chapter_number: "21"
chapter_name: "GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS"
section: "884"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 884"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
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---
# 43 U.S.C. § 884 - Right of forfeiture of railroad grants not affected
## Text
Sections 882 to 885 of this title shall not affect the right of the Government to declare or enforce a forfeiture of any lands so granted; but all the rights of the United States to said lands or to any interest therein shall be and remain as if said sections had not passed, except as to the lien mentioned in section 882 of this title.
(July 10, 1886, ch. 764, § 3, 24 Stat. 143.)