Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73

§528 Waiver and relinquishment of mineral rights

Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - MULTIPLE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAME TRACTS › § 528

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A mining claim owner may, at any time before a patent is issued, give up any rights to minerals covered by the Leasing Act. The owner must sign, acknowledge, and record a written waiver where the claim’s notice or location certificate is filed. After that is done, the claim is subject to the reservation in section 524 and any patent later issued will include that reservation. Signing the waiver does not change or admit anything about the claim’s start date or whether the claim is valid.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §528

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The owner or owners of any mining claim heretofore located may, at any time prior to issuance of patent therefor, waive and relinquish all rights thereunder to Leasing Act minerals. The execution and acknowledgment of such a waiver and relinquishment by such owner or owners and the recordation thereof in the office where the notice or certificate of location of such mining claim is of record shall render such mining claim thereafter subject to the reservation referred to in section 524 of this title and any patent issued therefor shall contain such a reservation, but no such waiver or relinquishment shall be deemed in any manner to constitute any concession as to the date of priority of rights under said mining claim or as to the validity thereof.

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Citation

30 U.S.C. § 528

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73