Chapter 5 of Title 11 of the Kosrae State Code - Homestead.
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This Chapter concerns the designation by the Governor of Kosrae of homestead areas and the establishment of such areas and specifies requisites for eligibility and conditions for the entry upon and occupancy of public land in homesteading areas. Lands suitable agricultural or grazing purposes or for the establishment of community sites, and which are not required for government use or reserved for other purposes by any other provision of law, may be designated by the Governor for homesteading purposes. Application for permits to homestead land shall be made to the Director of the Department of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries. After a specified period and at specified conditions a deed of conveyance in respect of the land shall be issued.
