{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-2450.7","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 2450.7","heading":"Right to occupy or settle.","body":"The filing of a petition-application gives no right to occupy or settle upon the land. A person shall be entitled to the possession and use of land only after his entry, selection, or location has been allowed, or a lease has been issued. Settlement on the land prior to that time constitutes a trespass.","path":["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 2450—PETITION-APPLICATION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM","Subpart 2450—Petition-Application Procedures"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"bc2eb610b2ed77d43c92613867030d0db484503eccd0809808ec709e7f802355","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-2450.6","next":"us/43-cfr-2450.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}