30 USC § 708 - Assignments; succession

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s708"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 708 - Assignments; succession"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "708"
section_name: "Assignments; succession"
chapter_number: 20
chapter_name: "CONVEYANCES TO OCCUPANTS OF UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–851, § 8, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1128.)"
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# § 708. Assignments; succession

Rights and privileges to qualify as an applicant under this chapter shall not be assignable, but may pass through devise or descent.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–851, § 8, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1128.)