Land Act 1851 (California)

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:claimDeadline within two years of act's passage
gptkbp:commissionTerm 3 years
gptkbp:consequenceOfNonFiling land became public domain
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1851
gptkbp:effect reviewed and confirmed or rejected land titles
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:established Public Land Commission
gptkbp:fullTitle An Act to Ascertain and Settle the Private Land Claims in the State of California
gptkbp:historicalSignificance shaped land ownership in California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Land Act 1851 (California)
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:California
gptkbp:legalCitation 9 Stat. 631
gptkbp:location gptkb:California
gptkbp:numberOfMPs three
gptkbp:purpose to determine the validity of land grants in California
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo
gptkb:Mexican_land_grants
gptkb:California_land_claims
gptkbp:repealedBy no
gptkbp:requires filing of land claims by holders of Spanish and Mexican land grants
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Land_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8