43 USC § 325 - Resident citizenship of State as qualification for entry

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s325"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 325 - Resident citizenship of State as qualification for entry"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "325"
section_name: "Resident citizenship of State as qualification for entry"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "DESERT-LAND ENTRIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 107, § 8, as added Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 2, 26 Stat. 1097; amended Jan. 6, 1921, ch. 12, 41 Stat. 1086.)"
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# § 325. Resident citizenship of State as qualification for entry

Excepting in the State of Nevada, no person shall be entitled to make entry of desert lands unless he be a resident citizen of the State or Territory in which the land sought to be entered is located.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 107, § 8, as added Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 2, 26 Stat. 1097; amended Jan. 6, 1921, ch. 12, 41 Stat. 1086.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is comprised of the second clause of section 8 of act , as added by act . The first clause of section 8 of act , is incorporated in .

Act , inserted introductory exception phrase.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands Act

Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see .