CFR > Title 36 - Parks, Forests, and Public Property > CHAPTER II—FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE > PART 254—LANDOWNERSHIP ADJUSTMENTS > SUBPART C—Conveyance of Small Tracts (§254.30 to §254.44) > 254.32—Encroachments.

254.32—Encroachments.

(a) Conveyances under this subpart are limited to tracts of 10 acres or less to resolve encroachments by persons:
(1) To whom no advance notice was given that the improvements encroached or would encroach, and
(2) Who in good faith relied on an erroneous survey, title search, or other land description which did not reveal such encroachment.
(b) Forest Service officials shall consider the following factors when determining whether to convey lands upon which encroachments exist:
(1) The location of the property boundaries based on historical location and continued acceptance and maintenance,
(2) Factual evidence of claim of title or color of title,
(3) Notice given to persons encroaching on National Forest System lands,
(4) Degree of development in the encroached upon area, and
(5) Creation of an uneconomic remnant.