Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73

§1068b Mineral reservation

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 25A— - LANDS HELD UNDER COLOR OF TITLE › § 1068b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Patent need not reserve minerals if an applicant shows the Secretary they complied from January 1, 1901 to application, unless the land is in a mineral withdrawal or has a mineral lease at issuance.

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Title 43, §1068b

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If the claimant requests that the patent to be issued under this chapter not contain a mineral reservation and if he can establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the requirements of this chapter have been complied with by such claimant and his predecessors for the period commencing not later than January 1, 1901, to the date of application, no mineral reservation shall be made unless the lands are, at the time of issuance of the patent, within a mineral withdrawal or subject to an outstanding mineral lease.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 1068b

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73