---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 1718"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "1718"
heading: "Documents of conveyance; terms, covenants, etc."
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/1718"
units:
  - "Chapter 35 — Federal Land Policy and Management"
  - "Subchapter II — Land Use Planning and Land Acquisition and Disposition"
---

# §1718. Documents of conveyance; terms, covenants, etc.


The [Secretary](/usc/43/1702.md?p=g) shall issue all patents or other documents of conveyance after any disposal authorized by this Act. The [Secretary](/usc/43/1702.md?p=g) shall insert in any such patent or other document of conveyance he issues, except in the case of land exchanges, for which the provisions of sub[section 1716(b) of this title](/usc/43/1716.md?p=b) shall apply, such terms, covenants, conditions, and reservations as he deems necessary to insure proper land use and protection of the public interest: Provided, That a conveyance of lands by the [Secretary](/usc/43/1702.md?p=g), subject to such terms, covenants, conditions, and reservations, shall not exempt the grantee from compliance with applicable Federal or [State](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) law or [State](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) land use plans: Provided further, That the [Secretary](/usc/43/1702.md?p=g) shall not make conveyances of [public lands](/usc/43/1702.md?p=e) containing terms and conditions which would, at the time of the conveyance, constitute a violation of any law or regulation pursuant to [State](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) and local land use plans, or programs.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–579, title II, § 208, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2757.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 94–579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, known as the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.