---
kind: "unit"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
key: "ch7"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 7"
heading: "Homesteads"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/ch7"
sections_count: 33
---

# Chapter 7 — Homesteads

Title 43 — Public Lands

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — General Provisions](/usc/43/ch7-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Right of Particular Persons to Make Entry](/usc/43/ch7-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Lands Subject to Entry](/usc/43/ch7-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Limitation as to Amount and Additional and Enlarged Entries](/usc/43/ch7-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Leaves of Absence and Excuses for Nonresidence or Noncultivation](/usc/43/ch7-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Final Proof Generally](/usc/43/ch7-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Payments and Refunds](/usc/43/ch7-schVII.md)
- [Subchapter VIII — Alaska Homesteads](/usc/43/ch7-schVIII.md)
- [Subchapter IX — Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Homestead](/usc/43/ch7-schIX.md)
- [Subchapter X — Stock-Raising Homestead](/usc/43/ch7-schX.md)