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30 U.S.C. 702: “Qualified applicant” definedText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 30-MINERAL LANDS AND MININGCHAPTER 20-CONVEYANCES TO OCCUPANTS OF UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS
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§702. “Qualified applicant” defined

For the purposes of this chapter a qualified applicant is a residential occupant-owner, as of October 23, 1962, of valuable improvements in an unpatented mining claim which constitute for him a principal place of residence and which he and his predecessors in interest were in possession of for not less than seven years prior to July 23, 1962.

( Pub. L. 87–851, § 2 , Oct. 23, 1962 , 76 Stat. 1127 .)