---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 402.4"
title: "43"
number: "402.4"
heading: "Citizenship requirement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/402.4"
---

# §402.4. Citizenship requirement.


Before patent may be issued to a purchaser under the regulations in this subpart, he must furnish satisfactory evidence that he is a citizen of the United States.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 10, 32 Stat. 390, as amended, sec. 6, 46 Stat. 368, sec. 5, 64 Stat. 40; 43 U.S.C. 373, 424e, 375f. Interpret or apply 41 Stat. 605, 46 Stat. 367, sec. 11, 53 Stat. 1197, 64 Stat. 39; 43 U.S.C. 375, 424 through 424d, 375a, 375b through 375f.

### Source

Source: 18 FR 316, Jan. 15, 1953, unless otherwise noted.