California Public Resources Code

§ 7524

PRC § 7524Div. 6 · Part 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

Any person desiring to purchase swamp and overflowed lands shall make an affidavit and file it in the office of the commission, that he is a citizen of the United States, or has filed his intention to become so; that he is a resident of the State, of lawful age; that he desires to purchase lands (describing them) under the law providing for the sale of swamp and overflowed lands; that he does not know of any valid claim to the lands, other than his own; that he knows the land applied for and the exterior bounds thereof, and knows, of his own knowledge, that there are no settlers thereon; or, if there are, that the land has been segregated more than six months by authority of the United States; and that the land which he now owns (swamp and overflowed), together with that sought to be purchased, does not exceed 640 acres.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 609.