43 USC § 424c - Issuance of patents; recitals in patents; reservations

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title: "43 USC § 424c - Issuance of patents; recitals in patents; reservations"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "424c"
section_name: "Issuance of patents; recitals in patents; reservations"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION OF EXISTING PROJECTS"
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source_credit: "(May 16, 1930, ch. 292, § 4, 46 Stat. 367.)"
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# § 424c. Issuance of patents; recitals in patents; reservations

After the purchaser has paid to the United States all amounts due on the purchase price of said land, a patent shall issue which shall recite that the lands so patented have been classified in whole or in part as temporarily or permanently unproductive, as the case may be, under sections 423 to 423g and 610 of this title. Such patents shall also contain a reservation of a lien for water charges when deemed appropriate by the Secretary and reservations of coal or other mineral rights to the same extent as patents issued under the homestead laws.

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**Source Credit**: (May 16, 1930, ch. 292, § 4, 46 Stat. 367.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Sections 423 to 423g and 610 of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “the Adjustment Act of ”, meaning , , which enacted sections 423 to 423g and 610 of this title.  was omitted from the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.