Private contests; initiation of a private contest.

Any person or entity who claims title to or an interest in land adverse to any other person or entity claiming title to or an interest in such land or who seeks to acquire a preference right pursuant to the Act of May 14, 1880, as amended (43 U.S.C. 185), or the Act of March 3, 1891 (43 U.S.C. 329), may initiate proceedings to have the claim of title or interest adverse to that claim invalidated for any reason not shown by BLM's records. Such a proceeding will constitute a private contest and will be governed by the regulations at §§ 4.160 through 4.169.