# 43 CFR § 2520.0-1: Purpose

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2520.0-1

## Section

- **Citation:** 43 CFR § 2520.0-1
- **Heading:** Purpose
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 43—Public Lands: Interior > Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands > CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR > SUBCHAPTER B—LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2000) Group 2000—Land Resource Management › General > PART 2520—DESERT-LAND ENTRIES > Subpart 2520—Desert-Land Entries: General

## Text

(a) It is the purpose of the statutes governing desert-land entries to encourage and promote the reclamation, by irrigation, of the arid and semiarid public lands of the Western States through individual effort and private capital, it being assumed that settlement and occupation will naturally follow when the lands have thus been rendered more productive and habitable.

## Nearby sections

- [43 CFR § 2520.0-1 § 2520.0-1 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2520.0-1.md)
- [43 CFR § 2520.0-3 § 2520.0-3 Authority.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2520.0-3.md)
- [43 CFR § 2520.0-5 § 2520.0-5 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2520.0-5.md)
- [43 CFR § 2520.0-7 § 2520.0-7 Cross references.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2520.0-7.md)
- [43 CFR § 2520.0-8 § 2520.0-8 Land subject to disposition.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2520.0-8.md)
- [43 CFR § 2521.1 § 2521.1 Who may make desert-land entry.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2521.1.md)
- [43 CFR § 2521.2 § 2521.2 Petitions and applications.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2521.2.md)
- [43 CFR § 2521.3 § 2521.3 Assignment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2521.3.md)
- [43 CFR § 2521.4 § 2521.4 When lands may be sold, taxed, or mortgaged.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2521.4.md)
- [43 CFR § 2521.5 § 2521.5 Annual proof.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2521.5.md)
- [43 CFR § 2521.6 § 2521.6 Final proof.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2521.6.md)
- [43 CFR § 2521.7 § 2521.7 Amendments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2521.7.md)
- [43 CFR § 2521.8 § 2521.8 Contests.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2521.8.md)
- [43 CFR § 2521.9 § 2521.9 Relinquishments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2521.9.md)

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