Overview

Below are the Public Laws that concerns the Department of Public Lands. The links below will bring you to the CNMI Law Revision Website. Digital copies of each public law can also be found on the Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature Website. Both of these websites contain the most updated versions and revisions of the the public laws.

Public Laws

• Commonwealth Constitution: Article XI: PUBLIC LANDS
• PL 01-42 “Northern Mariana Islands Village Homesteading Act of 1979”
• PL 02-13 “To Authorize MPLC to Waive Homestead Requirements”
• PL 03-22 “To Appoint Board of Directors for MIHA “
• PL 03-40 “To Enable the CNMI to Lease Commonwealth Waters to USA”
• PL 03-44 “The Homestead Waiver Act of 1980”
• PL 03-74 “Marital Homestead Title Act of 1983”
• PL 03-79 “Land Commission Act of 1983”
• PL 03-101 “To Authorize MPLC to Acquire Private Lands in Tinian”
• PL 03-103 “NMI Homestead Compensation Act of 1984”
• PL 06-06 “Priorities for the Issuance of a Permit for a Village Homestead Lot”
• PL 13-17 “Land Compensation Act of 2002”
• PL 15-02 “Public Lands Acts of 2006”