Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60

§1068b Mineral Reservation

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

If you ask and prove to the Secretary that you and earlier owners met the chapter's rules from January 1, 1901 to application, the patent won't reserve minerals unless the lands are withdrawn or under an outstanding mineral lease.

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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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43 U.S.C. § 1068b

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60