43 USC § 1068b - Mineral reservation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s1068b"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 1068b - Mineral reservation"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "1068b"
section_name: "Mineral reservation"
chapter_number: 25
chapter_name: "LANDS HELD UNDER COLOR OF TITLE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Dec. 22, 1928, ch. 47, § 3, as added July 28, 1953, ch. 254, § 2, 67 Stat. 228.)"
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# § 1068b. Mineral reservation

January 1, 1901

If the claimant requests that the patent to be issued under this chapter not contain a mineral reservation and if he can establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the requirements of this chapter have been complied with by such claimant and his predecessors for the period commencing not later than , to the date of application, no mineral reservation shall be made unless the lands are, at the time of issuance of the patent, within a mineral withdrawal or subject to an outstanding mineral lease.

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**Source Credit**: (Dec. 22, 1928, ch. 47, § 3, as added July 28, 1953, ch. 254, § 2, 67 Stat. 228.)