land office
noun
: a government office in which entries upon and sales of public land are registered
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This would undermine the power of real estate title companies and local government land offices.
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Ted Ladd, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
The historical significance of 1851 and 1869 is, respectively, the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceding the Utah territory to the United States and the establishing of the first federal land office in Utah, which allowed settlers to acquire land for the first time.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2021
Plano’s Legacy Central development continues to land office tenants.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 7 June 2021
The land office is required to safely remove marine life found in the construction site and place animals in a safe location, officials said.
—USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2020
Doing so would mean the city and the county would not need to work through the land office to design recovery programs or request reimbursement.
—Rebecca Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
The land office will have to repeat the planning process for the additional $5 billion allocated to Texas on Tuesday.
—Rebecca Elliott, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2018
The land office oversees millions of acres, including a patchwork along the state’s border with Mexico.
—Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
Ted Ladd, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
The historical significance of 1851 and 1869 is, respectively, the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceding the Utah territory to the United States and the establishing of the first federal land office in Utah, which allowed settlers to acquire land for the first time.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2021
Plano’s Legacy Central development continues to land office tenants.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 7 June 2021
The land office is required to safely remove marine life found in the construction site and place animals in a safe location, officials said.
—USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2020
Doing so would mean the city and the county would not need to work through the land office to design recovery programs or request reimbursement.
—Rebecca Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
The land office will have to repeat the planning process for the additional $5 billion allocated to Texas on Tuesday.
—Rebecca Elliott, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2018
The land office oversees millions of acres, including a patchwork along the state’s border with Mexico.
—Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
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