---
kind: "unit"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
key: "ch20"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 20"
heading: "Reservations and Grants to States for Public Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/ch20"
sections_count: 31
---

# Chapter 20 — Reservations and Grants to States for Public Purposes

Title 43 — Public Lands

## Sections

- [§851. Deficiencies in grants to State by reason of settlements, etc., on designated sections generally](/usc/43/851.md)
- [§852. Selections to supply deficiencies of school lands](/usc/43/852.md)
- [§852a. Applications for unsurveyed lands; regulations; acreage requirements](/usc/43/852a.md)
- [§852b. Survey of lands prior to transfer; time for survey; availability of funds; lands suitable for transfer](/usc/43/852b.md)
- [§853. Selections in Utah to supply deficiencies of school lands](/usc/43/853.md)
- [§854. Selections in New Mexico to supply deficiencies of school lands](/usc/43/854.md)
- [§855. Omitted](/usc/43/855.md)
- [§856. Selection of school lands on ceded Indian reservations](/usc/43/856.md)
- [§857. Grant to new States](/usc/43/857.md)
- [§858. Grants to counties for seats of justice](/usc/43/858.md)
- [§859. Fee simple to pass in all grants](/usc/43/859.md)
- [§860. Repealed.](/usc/43/860.md)
- [§861. Preference right of selection granted certain Western States; bona fide settlers](/usc/43/861.md)
- [§862. Omitted](/usc/43/862.md)
- [§863. Survey of lands granted to certain Western States](/usc/43/863.md)
- [§864. Survey of land grants to Florida](/usc/43/864.md)
- [§865. Confirmation of certain lands selected by California](/usc/43/865.md)
- [§866. Exchange of cut over land in Montana](/usc/43/866.md)
- [§867. Omitted](/usc/43/867.md)
- [§868. Representation of Indian claimants in suits to determine right to school lands](/usc/43/868.md)
- [§869. Disposal of lands for public or recreational purposes](/usc/43/869.md)
- [§869–1. Sale or lease to State or nonprofit organization; reservation of mineral deposits; termination of lease for nonuse](/usc/43/869-1.md)
- [§869–2. Conditions of transfer by grantee; solid waste disposal](/usc/43/869-2.md)
- [§869–3. Authority for transfers; applicability of section 869–2 to prior patents; termination of restrictions](/usc/43/869-3.md)
- [§869–4. Disposition of moneys received from or on account of revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands or reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands](/usc/43/869-4.md)
- [§869a. Repealed.](/usc/43/869a.md)
- [§870. Grants of land in aid of common or public schools; extension to those mineral in character; effect of leases](/usc/43/870.md)
- [§871. Certain grants and laws unaffected](/usc/43/871.md)
- [§871a. Repealed.](/usc/43/871a.md)
- [§872. Conveyances to United States in connection with applications for amendment of patented entries or for exchange of land, etc.; withdrawal or rejection of applications; reconveyances](/usc/43/872.md)
- [§873. Lands granted for erecting public buildings; purpose of grant](/usc/43/873.md)