Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§82 New or Supplemental Patents, in Case of Lands Subsequently Classified as Noncoal
Title 30 › CHAPTER 3 — LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE › SUBCHAPTER II — COAL LAND ENTRIES UNDER NONMINERAL LAND LAWS WITH RESERVATION OF COAL TO UNITED STATES › § 82
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must issue new or supplemental land patents that drop the United States’ coal reservation when land that was patented with a coal reservation is later classified as noncoal.
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Title 30, §82
Mineral Lands and Mining, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed in cases where patents for public lands have been issued to entrymen under the provisions of section 81 and 83 to 85 of this title, reserving to the United States all coal deposits therein, and lands so patented are subsequently classified as noncoal in character, to issue new or supplemental patents without such reservation.
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30 U.S.C. § 82
Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102