R-5 Supplement 5409.13-2001-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 19, 2001
DURATION: Effective until superseded or removed / 5409.13_10
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FSH 5409.13 – Land Acquisition
Chapter 10 - Purchase
/ Forest Service Handbook
pacific Southwest Region (r5)
VALLEJO, CA

fsH 5409.13 – Land Acquisition Handbook

chapteR 10 – Purchase

Amendment No.: 5409.13-2001-1

Effective Date: November 19, 2001

Duration: Effective until superseded or removed

Approved: Margaret Pasholk, Acting Regional Forester / Date Approved: 11/02/2001

Posting Instructions: Amendments are numbered consecutively by Handbook number and calendar year. Post by document name. Remove entire document and replace with this amendment. Retain this transmittal as the first page of this document.

New Document(s): / R-5 Supplement No. 5409.13-01-01 / 2 Pages
Superseded Document(s):
(Last amendment was R5 Supplement 2) / None / 0 Pages

Digest:

11.91 / Adds further instructions to complete Form FS-5400-38, Supplemental Certificate of Possession, as a step in closing land purchases cases. Provides time limits to complete the form; and specifies that the form must be included in the record as part of the title docket.
11.92 / Adds instructions mandating completion of Form FS-5400-38, Supplemental Certificate of Possession, as a step in closing land purchase cases. Provides time limits to complete the form, and specifies that the form must be included in the record as part of the title docket.
Adds instructions to request final title opinion from the Office of General Council, and limits time allowed to make this request.

10 - Purchase

11.91 - Payment and Closing on Final Title Opinion

3. In addition to the procedures outlined in FSH 5409.13,11.91 the Region adds the following requirements at step 3, paragraph 3.

The Regional Forester or Forest Supervisor shall prepare Form FS-5400-38, Supplemental Certificate of Possession, prior to closing and recording the deed to the United States. The prepared form shall be attached to, and made part of, the title docket. The form should be prepared immediately prior to closing; it must have been prepared no more than six months prior to closing.

11.92 - Payment and Closing on Preliminary Title Opinion

In addition to the procedures outlined in FSH 5409.13,11.91 the Region adds the following requirements at step 3, paragraph b, and at step 4.

3. b. The Regional Forester or Forest Supervisor shall prepare Form FS-5400-38, Supplemental Certificate of Possession, prior to closing and recording the deed to the United States. The prepared form shall be attached to, and made part of the title docket. The form should be prepared immediately prior to closing; it must have been prepared no more than six months prior to closing.

4. The Regional Forester or Forest Supervisor shall assemble the final title docket and forward it to Office of General Council for Final Title Opinion within one year of case closings.