{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-2631.0-3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 2631.0-3","heading":"-3 Authority.","body":"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.\nNote:\nNotices 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.","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 2630—RAILROAD GRANTS","Subpart 2631—Patents for Lands Sold by Railroad Carriers (Transportation Act of 1940)"],"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":"1079025119b093887a0466f9baf675abdb4267c192553c07f6c27af6b36bd7f7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-2627.4","next":"us/43-cfr-2631.0-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}