Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§325 Resident Citizenship of State as Qualification for Entry
Title 43 › CHAPTER 9 — DESERT-LAND ENTRIES › § 325
Summary
Except for Nevada, only someone who lives in and is a citizen of the state or territory where the desert land is located may claim that desert land.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §325
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Excepting in the State of Nevada, no person shall be entitled to make entry of desert lands unless he be a resident citizen of the State or Territory in which the land sought to be entered is located.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section is comprised of the second clause of section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1877, as added by act Mar. 3, 1891. The first clause of section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1877, is incorporated in section 323 of this title. Act Jan. 6, 1921, inserted introductory exception phrase.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands ActProvisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 325
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102