43 U.S.C. § 18 : US Code - Section 18: Copies of papers filed

Search 43 U.S.C. § 18 : US Code - Section 18: Copies of papers filed

Whenever any person claiming to be interested in or entitled to
land, under any grant or patent from the United States, applies to
the Department of the Interior for copies of papers filed and
remaining therein, in anywise affecting the title to such land, it
shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to cause such
copies to be made out and authenticated, under his hand and the
seal of the Bureau of Land Management, for the person so applying.