30 U.S.C. § 356 : US Code - Section 356: Furnishing description of lands and title documents; recordation of documents; authenticated copies

Search 30 U.S.C. § 356 : US Code - Section 356: Furnishing description of lands and title documents; recordation of documents; authenticated copies

Upon request by the Secretary, the heads of all executive
departments, independent establishments, or instrumentalities
having jurisdiction over any of the lands referred to in section
351 of this title shall furnish to the Secretary the legal
description of all of such lands, and all pertinent abstracts,
title papers, and other documents in the possession of such
agencies concerning the status of the title of the United States to
the mineral deposits that may be found in such lands.
Abstracts, title papers, and other documents furnished to the
Secretary under this section shall be recorded promptly in the
Bureau of Land Management in such form as the Secretary shall deem
adequate for their preservation and use in the administration of
this chapter, whereupon the originals shall be returned promptly to
the agency from which they were received. Duly authenticated copies
of any such abstracts, title papers, or other documents may,
however, be furnished to the Secretary, in lieu of the originals,
in the discretion of the agency concerned.