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Homestead Act: Section 4 Summary

Ixnay on the Ebtday Epaymentray

  • No, the settler can’t file a claim and then give the land to someone else to pay back a debt.
  • They have to wait the full five years to get the title to the land first, and then they can do whatever the heck they want with it.