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Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government

§ 455c. Extinguishment of liens and tax titles on reversion of lands to United States

Statutory text

If the lands of any such entryman shall at any time revert to the United States for any reason whatever, all such liens or tax titles resulting from assessments levied after , upon such lands in favor of the State or political subdivision thereof wherein the lands are located, shall be and shall be held to have been, thereupon extinguished; and the levying of any such assessment by such State or political subdivision shall be deemed to be an agreement on its part, in the event of such reversion, to execute and record a formal release of such lien or tax title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 71–394 § 4 · 46 Stat. 495

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 455c

    (Apr. 21, 1928, ch. 394, § 4, as added June 13, 1930, ch. 477, 46 Stat. 581.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Apr. 21, 1928, ch. 394, § 4, as added June 13, 1930, ch. 477, 46 Stat. 581.)

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Credits

(Apr. 21, 1928, ch. 394, § 4, as added June 13, 1930, ch. 477, 46 Stat. 581.)

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