Public Resources Code section 7603

No application to purchase land under this chapter shall be approved until the expiration of 90 days from the filing thereof, and meanwhile the land is subject to the adverse claim of any actual settler who resided thereon when the application was filed.

Source: Section 7603, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=7603. (updated Jan. 1, 1943; accessed Sep. 14, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/public_resources_code_section_7603

Original Source: Section 7603, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=7603. (last accessed May 12, 2025).