43 U.S.C. § 100 : US Code - Section 100: Disqualification

Search 43 U.S.C. § 100 : US Code - Section 100: Disqualification

No officer shall receive evidence in, hear, or determine any
cause pending in any district land office in which cause he is
interested directly or indirectly, or has been of counsel, or where
he is related to any of the parties in interest by consanguinity or
affinity within the fourth degree, computing by the rules adopted
by the common law.