43 CFR § 3862.1-5 - Statement required that land is unreserved, unoccupied, unimproved, and unappropriated.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3862.1-5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 3862.1-5 - Statement required that land is unreserved, unoccupied, unimproved, and unappropriated."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3862.1-5"
section_name: "Statement required that land is unreserved, unoccupied, unimproved, and unappropriated."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3860"
part_name: "MINERAL PATENT APPLICATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 22 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1701"
cfr_part: "3860"
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# 3862.1-5 Statement required that land is unreserved, unoccupied, unimproved, and unappropriated.
Each person making application for patent under the mining laws, for lands in Alaska, must furnish a duly corroborated statement showing that no portion of the land applied for is occupied or reserved by the United States, so as to prevent its acquisition under said laws; that the land is not occupied or claimed by natives of Alaska; and that the land is unoccupied, unimproved and unappropriated by any person claiming the same other than the applicant.