16 USC § 192c - Vested rights

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s192c"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 192c - Vested rights"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "192c"
section_name: "Vested rights"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XXI"
subchapter_name: "ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 21, 1930, ch. 561, § 2, 46 Stat. 792.)"
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# § 192c. Vested rights

section 192b of this titleJune 21, 1930

Nothing contained in this section and  shall affect any vested and accrued rights of ownership of lands or any valid existing claim, location, or entry existing under the land laws of the United States on , whether for homestead, mineral, rights-of-way, or any other purposes whatsoever, or any water rights and/or rights-of-way connected therewith, including reservoirs, conduits, and ditches, as may be recognized by local customs, laws, and decisions of courts, or shall affect the right of any such owner, claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land.

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**Source Credit**: (June 21, 1930, ch. 561, § 2, 46 Stat. 792.)