# 43 CFR § 2631.0-3: Authority

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2631.0-3

## Section

- **Citation:** 43 CFR § 2631.0-3
- **Heading:** Authority
- **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 2630—RAILROAD GRANTS > Subpart 2631—Patents for Lands Sold by Railroad Carriers (Transportation Act of 1940)

## Text

Subsection (b) of section 321, Part II, Title III, of the Transportation Act of September 18, 1940 (54 Stat. 934; 49 U.S.C. 65), authorizes the issuance of patents for the benefit of certain innocent purchasers for value of land-grant lands from railroad carriers which have released their land-grant claims.
Note:
Notices of releases of land grant claims by railroad carriers listing the carriers, the date of the approval of the release and the land-grant predecessors involved dated Dec. 17, 1940, May 17, 1941, and June 29, 1942, appear at 6 FR 449, 2634, and 7 FR 5319.

## Nearby sections

- [43 CFR § 2631.0-3 § 2631.0-3 Authority.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2631.0-3.md)
- [43 CFR § 2631.0-8 § 2631.0-8 Lands for which applications may be made.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2631.0-8.md)
- [43 CFR § 2631.1 § 2631.1 Applications.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2631.1.md)
- [43 CFR § 2631.2 § 2631.2 Publication of notice.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2631.2.md)
- [43 CFR § 2631.3 § 2631.3 Surveying and conveyance fees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2631.3.md)
- [43 CFR § 2631.4 § 2631.4 Patents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-2631.4.md)

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