2016 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 9 - Allotment of Indian Lands
Sec. 352a - Cancellation of patents in fee simple for allotments held in trust

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 352a (2016)
Section Name §352a. Cancellation of patents in fee simple for allotments held in trust
Section Text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to cancel any patent in fee simple issued to an Indian allottee or to his heirs before the end of the period of trust described in the original or trust patent issued to such allottee, or before the expiration of any extension of such period of trust by the President, where such patent in fee simple was issued without the consent or an application therefor by the allottee or by his heirs: Provided, That the patentee has not mortgaged or sold any part of the land described in such patent: Provided also, That upon cancellation of such patent in fee simple the land shall have the same status as though such fee patent had never been issued.

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(Feb. 26, 1927, ch. 215, §1, 44 Stat. 1247.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 25 - INDIANS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 9 - ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS
Sec. 352a - Cancellation of patents in fee simple for allotments held in trust
Contains section 352a
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 44 Stat. 1247
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