41 U.S.C. § 14
Section 14 · Restriction on purchases of land
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Wardman v. Leopold (1936)
Most recently applied in State of Nevada v. United States (September 1982)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
No land shall be purchased on account of the United States, except under a law authorizing such purchase.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Codification
R.S. §3736 derived from act May 1, 1820, ch. 52, §7, 3 Stat. 568.
Cross References
Section inapplicable to lease-purchase contracts, see section 356 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.