43 CFR § 3835.20 - Transferring, selling, inheriting, or otherwise conveying mining claims or sites already subject to a waiver.

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title: "43 CFR § 3835.20 - Transferring, selling, inheriting, or otherwise conveying mining claims or sites already subject to a waiver."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3835.20"
section_name: "Transferring, selling, inheriting, or otherwise conveying mining claims or sites already subject to a waiver."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3835"
part_name: "WAIVERS FROM ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 22, 28, 28f-28k; 43 U.S.C. 2, 1201, 1457, 1701  50 U.S.C. App. 501, 565; 115 Stat. 414."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 61073, Oct. 24, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
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# 3835.20 Transferring, selling, inheriting, or otherwise conveying mining claims or sites already subject to a waiver.

(a) If you purchase, inherit, or otherwise obtain mining claims or sites that are subject to a waiver, you must also qualify for the waiver in order for BLM to continue to apply the waiver to the mining claims you have received in the transfer; or

(b) If you purchase, inherit, or otherwise obtain mining claims or sites that are subject to a waiver and you do not qualify for the waiver, you must pay the annual maintenance fee by the September 1 following the date the transfer became effective under state law.