16 USC § 482d - Perfection of claims within forest
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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s482d"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 482d - Perfection of claims within forest"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "482d"
section_name: "Perfection of claims within forest"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FORESTS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 11, 1934, ch. 280, § 3, 48 Stat. 773.)"
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# § 482d. Perfection of claims within forest
May 11, 1934
Valid mining claims within the Mount Hood National Forest in the State of Oregon existing on , and thereafter maintained in compliance with the law under which they were initiated and the laws of the State of Oregon, may be perfected under sections 482b and 482c of this title, or under the law under which they were initiated, as the claimant may desire.
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**Source Credit**: (May 11, 1934, ch. 280, § 3, 48 Stat. 773.)