---
kind: "unit"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
key: "ch18"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 18"
heading: "Survey of Public Lands"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/ch18"
sections_count: 24
---

# Chapter 18 — Survey of Public Lands

Title 43 — Public Lands

## Sections

- [§751. Rules of survey](/usc/43/751.md)
- [§751a. Survey system extended to Alaska](/usc/43/751a.md)
- [§751b. Surveys in Nome and Fairbanks districts](/usc/43/751b.md)
- [§752. Boundaries and contents of public lands; how ascertained](/usc/43/752.md)
- [§753. Lines of division of half quarter sections; how run](/usc/43/753.md)
- [§754...756. Repealed.](/usc/43/754...756.md)
- [§757. Cost of survey of private land claims to be reported and paid](/usc/43/757.md)
- [§758. Delivery of patent contingent on refund of cost of survey](/usc/43/758.md)
- [§759. Survey for and by settlers in township](/usc/43/759.md)
- [§760. Deposit for expenses deemed an appropriation](/usc/43/760.md)
- [§761. Repayment of excess of deposits to cover cost of surveys of mineral lands](/usc/43/761.md)
- [§762. Deposits made by settlers for surveys to go in part payment of lands](/usc/43/762.md)
- [§763. Deposits in Louisiana applicable to resurveys](/usc/43/763.md)
- [§765. Repealed.](/usc/43/765.md)
- [§766. Geological surveys, extension of public surveys, expenses of subdividing](/usc/43/766.md)
- [§767. Repealed.](/usc/43/767.md)
- [§769. Repealed.](/usc/43/769.md)
- [§770. Rectangular mode of survey; departure from](/usc/43/770.md)
- [§771. Repealed.](/usc/43/771.md)
- [§772. Resurveys or retracements to mark boundaries of undisposed lands](/usc/43/772.md)
- [§773. Resurveys or retracements of township lines, etc.](/usc/43/773.md)
- [§774. Protection of surveyor by marshal](/usc/43/774.md)
- [§775. Omitted](/usc/43/775.md)
- [§776. Cadastre of Federal real property](/usc/43/776.md)