43 CFR 3862.1-5
§ 3862.1-5 Statement required that land is unreserved, unoccupied, unimproved, and unappropriated.
United States · 43 CFR — Public Lands: Interior · Status: effective
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- 43 CFR 3862.1-5, § 3862.1-5 Statement required that land is unreserved, unoccupied, unimproved, and unappropriated, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/214036
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Each person making application for patent under the mining laws, for lands in Alaska, must furnish a duly corroborated statement showing that no portion of the land applied for is occupied or reserved by the United States, so as to prevent its acquisition under said laws; that the land is not occupied or claimed by natives of Alaska; and that the land is unoccupied, unimproved and unappropriated by any person claiming the same other than the applicant.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.