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     FSH 5509.11 - TITLE CLAIMS, SALES, AND GRANTS HANDBOOK
                    WO AMENDMENT 5509.11-92-4
                        EFFECTIVE 8/3/92

           CHAPTER 10 - TITLE CLAIMS AND ENCROACHMENTS

                            Contents


10.2     Objectives
10.3     Policy

11       PLANNING
11.1     Financing the Job
11.11    Files and Records
11.12    Categories
11.13    Inventory
11.14    Priority
11.2     Investigation
11.21    Documentation
11.22    Personal Contact
11.23    Written Confirmation
11.24    Research for Factual Records
11.25    Public Records
11.25a   County Records
11.25b   State Records
11.25c   Bureau of Land Management Records
11.25d   Court Records [Reserved]
11.25e   Archive Records [Reserved]
11.26    Field Investigation of Claim Area
11.27    Evaluation and Analysis

12       LITIGATION AGAINST THE UNITED STATES
12.01    Authority
12.1     Scope
12.2     Procedures
12.21    Preparing Litigation Report
12.22    Litigation Report
12.3     Litigation Procedures
12.31    Interrogatories
12.32    Discovery
12.33    Settlement
12.34    Followup on Court Orders
12.35    Closing Case

13       ADMINISTRATIVE OR LEGAL ACTION BY THE UNITED STATES
13.1     Procedures
13.11    Title Claim and Encroachment Report Outline
13.12    Alternatives
13.12a   Valid Claims and Qualified Encroachments
13.12b   Invalid Claims
13.2     Adjustment of Land Titles Act (P.L. 78-120, 1943)
13.21    Adverse Possession
13.22    Overlapping Deeds
13.23    Inaccurate Property Boundaries
13.24    Condemnation
13.25    Erroneous Deed
13.26    Recovery of Purchase Consideration
13.27    Reconveyance of Land Acquired by Exchange
13.27a   Case Not Consummated
13.27b   Case Consummated
13.28    Processing
13.3     Quitclaim Act of 1930
13.31    Description
13.32    Scope
13.33    Processing
13.34    Conveyance Documents
13.35    Application for Quitclaim Deed
13.36    Specimen Quitclaim Deeds
13.37    Delivering and Recording Title Conveyances
13.4     Color of Title Act of 1928
13.41    Description
13.42    Processing
13.43    Wisconsin Land Title Act of 1954
13.5     Disclaimer of Interest
13.51    Types of Interests Affected
13.52    Evaluation of Request
13.53    Processing Responsibility
13.6     Correction of Documents
13.61    Processing
13.7     Invalid Claims and Encroachments
13.71    Land Exchange or Special-Use Permit
13.71a   Limitations
13.71b   Special-Use Permit
13.71c   Land Exchange
13.72    Negotiation
13.72a   Disposal of Improvements
13.72b   Demand Letters
13.73    Occupancy Based Upon Mining Claims
13.8     Litigation Resolution
13.81    Not Under Claim of Title
13.82    Under Claim of Title
13.83    Civil Action
13.84    Followup on Court Orders
13.85    Closing Case

14       LEGISLATIVE ACTION

15       PROPERTY BOUNDARIES
15.1     Program
15.11    Cooperation With Local Authorities
15.12    Cooperation With Adjoining Landowners

16       RIPARIAN LAND TITLE [Reserved]

17       NAVIGABLE WATER TITLE [Reserved]

18       REPORTS [Reserved]