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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Board” means the public lands board of review.
2. “Public lands” means all lands within the exterior boundaries of this state except lands:
(a) To which title is held by any natural person, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, society or any other entity.
(b) Which are owned or held in trust by this state or any political subdivision of this state, including leased school or university land.
(c) Lands which are located within and meet the standards and purposes of congressionally authorized national parks, monuments, national forests and wildlife refuges and such other lands acquired by purchase, exchange, gift or eminent domain consented to by the legislature.
(d) Which are controlled by the United States department of defense, department of energy or bureau of reclamation and which were acquired by consent of the legislature and which meet the standards and purposes for which control was authorized.
(e) Which are held in trust for Indian purposes or which are Indian reservations.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arizona Revised Statutes Title 37. Public Lands § 37-901. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/az/title-37-public-lands/az-rev-st-sect-37-901/
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