16 USC § 482g - Perfection of claims within forest
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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s482g"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 482g - Perfection of claims within forest"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "482g"
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: "(June 13, 1939, ch. 201, § 3, 53 Stat. 818.)"
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# § 482g. Perfection of claims within forest
June 13, 1939
Valid mining claims within the watershed of the headwaters of the Bonito River in the Lincoln National Forest, within the State of New Mexico, as above described, existing on , and thereafter maintained in compliance with the law under which they were initiated and the laws of the State of New Mexico, may be perfected under sections 482e and 482f of this title, or under the laws under which they were initiated, as the claimant may desire.
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**Source Credit**: (June 13, 1939, ch. 201, § 3, 53 Stat. 818.)