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An Act to Amend 2 CMC 8 4323 to requiring the Marianas Public Lands Authority to grant title to public land to qualified persons who demonstrated fifteen (15) years of continuous and actual occupancy of public land, but did not receive such title despite being qualified because of his or her exclusion from the list of qualified persons established by MPLA, to mandate that MPLA review all past and pending claims and grant such title to qualified persons; to amend 2 CMC 4324 to extend the time limitation for new claims made pursuant to 2 CMC 0 4323 from twelve (12) to twenty-five (25) years; and for other purposes (P.L. 14-66).

Country/Territory
Northern Mariana Is. (USA)
Document type
Legislation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Public land Lease Agricultural land
Geographical area
Oceania
Abstract

This Act requires the Marianas Public Lands Authority to waive any conditions, limitations or regulations relating to the agricultural homesteading program in effect prior to 9 January 1978. Any person who can demonstrate continuous and actual occupancy or use of public land for agricultural purposes for a period of 15 years prior to this date, or who can demonstrate that he or she would have continuously and actually occupied or used public land for agricultural purposes for a period of 15 year

Full text
English
Website
www.cnmileg.gov.mp