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LegalText 48 U.S.C. § 1503 Acquisition by inheritance, in collection of debts, etc. us united_states_code code_section 48 TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS 11 ALIEN OWNERS OF LAND 1503 48 U.S.C. § 1503 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc48@119-100.zip /us/usc/t48/s1503 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-48/usc48.xml a22732deb31affca9308ed6a85e12ded4a6fb8ed7054ee472dd2cee7d231e4bb 2f9a72ec272e6666d7f55f52cc3186aefc6368ca4cc2b9053a531de2fb9288c2 ab67b04a71830c5b72b78c64c25307c146562fefefc6fa2953e0a4693cb18690 2026-07-04 official
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48 U.S.C. § 1503 - Acquisition by inheritance, in collection of debts, etc.

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This chapter shall not prevent aliens from acquiring lands or any interests therein by inheritance or in the ordinary course of justice in the collection of debts, nor from acquiring liens on real estate or any interest therein, nor from lending money and securing the same upon real estate or any interest therein; nor from enforcing any such lien, nor from acquiring and holding title to such real estate, or any interest therein, upon which a lien may have heretofore or may hereafter be fixed, or upon which a loan of money may have been heretofore or hereafter may be made and secured. All lands so acquired shall be sold within ten years after title shall be perfected in him under said sale or the same shall escheat to the United States and be forfeited as provided in sections 1504 to 1507 of this title.

(Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 340, § 3, 24 Stat. 477; Mar. 2, 1897, ch. 363, 29 Stat. 618.)

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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 73 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.