---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 641a"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "641a"
heading: "Issuance of quitclaim deeds; patents for segregated lands"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/641a"
units:
  - "Chapter 14 — Grants of Desert Lands to States for Reclamation"
---

# §641a. Issuance of quitclaim deeds; patents for segregated lands


The [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior shall issue quitclaim deeds to the public-land [States](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) for all lands patented to such [States](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) under [section 641 of this title](/usc/43/641.md). He shall also issue a patent for all unpatented public lands within each [State](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) now segregated under that section for which the [State](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) issued final certificates or other evidence of right prior to June 1, 1953, or as to which equitable claims to the lands accrued prior to that date (by reason of cultivation or improvement of the lands for agricultural development purposes) for conveyance to the holders of such rights or claims, or to their heirs, successors, or assigns.


## Source credit

(Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 727, § 1, 68 Stat. 703.)