Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§73 Presentation of Claims
Title 30 › CHAPTER 3 — LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE › SUBCHAPTER I — COAL LAND ENTRIES IN GENERAL › § 73
Summary
Within sixty days after you take possession and begin improvements, file your claim with the district register; if the township plat wasn't on file, file within sixty days after the district office receives it.
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Title 30, §73
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All claims under section 72 of this title must be presented to the register of the proper land district within sixty days after the date of actual possession and the commencement of improvements on the land, by the filing of a declaratory statement therefor; but when the township plat is not on file at the date of such improvement, filing must be made within sixty days from the receipt of such plat at the district office.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 2349 derived from act Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 279, § 3, 17 Stat. 607.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
Office of register of district land office abolished and all functions of register transferred to Secretary of the Interior, or to officers and agencies of Department of the Interior as Secretary may designate, by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See also note set out under section 1 of this title. Indian Lands ExceptedSee note set out under section 71 of this title.
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30 U.S.C. § 73
Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102