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43 U.S.C. § 325 — Resident citizenship of State as qualification for entry

submitted 149 years ago by ch. 107 to r/title-43-PUBLIC-LANDS · 38 words · no verdicts yet

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To claim desert land, a person usually must be a citizen living in the state or territory where the land sits. Nevada is the only exception.

Except in Nevada, no one can enter, or claim, desert land unless they are a citizen who resides in the state or territory where that land is located.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

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.

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.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1877Enacted · Act of Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 107 · 26 Stat. 1097
  • 1921Amended · Act of Jan. 6, 1921, ch. 12 · 41 Stat. 1086

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 107 on 1877-03-03.

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