§ 521f. — Costs of conveyance and value of improvements.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC521f]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 521f. Costs of conveyance and value of improvements
Any person to whom lands are conveyed under sections 521c to 521i of
this title shall bear all reasonable costs of administration, survey,
and appraisal incidental to such conveyance, as determined by the
Secretary. In determining the value of any lands or interest in lands to
be conveyed under sections 521c to 521i of this title, the Secretary
may, in those cases in which the Secretary determines it would be in the
public interest, exclude from such determination the value of any
improvements to the lands made by any person other than the Government.
In the case of road rights-of-way conveyed under sections 521c to 521i
of this title, the person to whom the right-of-way is conveyed shall
reimburse the United States for the value of any improvements to such
right-of-way which may have been made by the United States. The
Secretary may, in those cases in which the Secretary determines that it
would be in the public interest, waive payment by any person of costs
incidental to any conveyance authorized by sections 521c to 521i of this
title or reimbursement by any person for the value of improvements to
rights-of-way otherwise required by this section.
(Pub. L. 97-465, Sec. 4, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2536.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 698v-7 of this title.
