[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR200.12]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 200_ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B_Functions and Procedures
 
Sec. 200.12  Land status and title records.

    (a) Land Status Records System. The Land Status Records System is 
the official, permanent repository for all agency realty records and 
land title documents for National Forest System lands. It includes an 
automated database which contains an accurate account of: acreage, 
condition of title, administrative jurisdiction, rights held by the 
United States, administrative and legal use restrictions, encumbrances, 
and access rights on land or interests in land in the National Forest 
System.
    (1) Components. The system shall include, but is not limited to, the 
following components:
    (i) A current and accurate Land Status Atlas for each National 
Forest, National Grassland, and other proclaimed or designated 
administrative unit, which shall graphically portray on maps keyed to a 
tabular summary the following categories of information:

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    (A) Jurisdiction of and condition of title to lands administered as 
part of the National Forest System.
    (B) All encumbrances on National Forest System lands.
    (C) All partial interests administered by the Forest Service on 
other lands.
    (D) All use restrictions, withdrawals, and special designated areas 
on National Forest System lands.
    (E) The acreage of National Forest System lands, including riparian 
lands.
    (ii) A master Land Status File, from which the agency data for the 
Atlas is derived and which includes the following:
    (A) Discrete title files of each landownership adjustment.
    (B) The original authorizing documents establishing or adjusting 
National Forest System lands and interests therein.
    (C) Withdrawals, use restrictions, and special designated areas on 
National Forest System lands.
    (D) Other information as deemed necessary.
    (iii) Such reporting systems as are needed to provide title or 
status reports.
    (2) Display of Information. Information in the system may be 
collected and maintained in narrative, graphic, tabular, or other form 
and may be entered into and maintained in automated systems as well as 
produced in paper form in accordance with such administrative direction 
as the Chief of the Forest Service or Regional Foresters may establish.
    (b) Availability. A Land Status Atlas shall be maintained at each 
National Forest administrative unit or subunit, such as Ranger Districts 
or National Recreation Area offices. Each Regional Office shall maintain 
copies of the Atlas for all National Forests within that Region. Related 
land title and realty records for each National Forest System unit shall 
be maintained at the administrative headquarters of that unit. The Land 
Status Atlas and such title and realty records as are held at an 
administrative unit shall be available for public inspection.

[56 FR 29181, June 26, 1991, as amended at 59 FR 2987, Jan. 20, 1994]