Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§192c Vested rights
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXI— - ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK › § 192c
Summary
Protects ownership, claims, and water or rights-of-way tied to land that existed on June 21, 1930. It keeps rights like homestead and mineral claims and related reservoirs, conduits, and ditches as recognized by local law or courts, and preserves the owner's full use of the land.
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Title 16, §192c
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Nothing contained in this section and section 192b of this title shall affect any vested and accrued rights of ownership of lands or any valid existing claim, location, or entry existing under the land laws of the United States on June 21, 1930, whether for homestead, mineral, rights-of-way, or any other purposes whatsoever, or any water rights and/or rights-of-way connected therewith, including reservoirs, conduits, and ditches, as may be recognized by local customs, laws, and decisions of courts, or shall affect the right of any such owner, claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 192c
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73