---
kind: "unit"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
key: "ch1"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 1"
heading: "Bureau of Land Management"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/ch1"
sections_count: 23
---

# Chapter 1 — Bureau of Land Management

Title 43 — Public Lands

## Sections

- [§1. Repealed.](/usc/43/1.md)
- [§2. Duties concerning public lands](/usc/43/2.md)
- [§3. Repealed.](/usc/43/3.md)
- [§3a. Omitted](/usc/43/3a.md)
- [§5. Repealed.](/usc/43/5.md)
- [§6. Duties of employees to certify, record, etc., patents](/usc/43/6.md)
- [§7. Repealed.](/usc/43/7.md)
- [§8. Omitted](/usc/43/8.md)
- [§9. Repealed.](/usc/43/9.md)
- [§10. Repealed.](/usc/43/10.md)
- [§11. Restriction on officers, clerks, and employees](/usc/43/11.md)
- [§12. Seal, books, and records](/usc/43/12.md)
- [§13. Original papers on file as evidence](/usc/43/13.md)
- [§14. Returns relative to lands](/usc/43/14.md)
- [§15. Issuance and signing of patents by Secretary of the Interior; delegation of authority; notice](/usc/43/15.md)
- [§16. Engrossing and recording patents](/usc/43/16.md)
- [§17. Plats of land surveyed](/usc/43/17.md)
- [§18. Copies of papers filed](/usc/43/18.md)
- [§19...21. Repealed.](/usc/43/19...21.md)
- [§22. Repealed.](/usc/43/22.md)
- [§23. Repealed.](/usc/43/23.md)
- [§24. Repealed.](/usc/43/24.md)
- [§25...25b. Repealed.](/usc/43/25...25b.md)