---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
key: "ch20"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 20"
heading: "Conveyances to Occupants of Unpatented Mining Claims"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/ch20"
sections_count: 9
---

# Chapter 20 — Conveyances to Occupants of Unpatented Mining Claims

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

## Sections

- [§701. Authorization to convey; acreage limitations; qualified applicants; payment; “qualified officer of the United States” defined](/usc/30/701.md)
- [§702. “Qualified applicant” defined](/usc/30/702.md)
- [§703. Withdrawal of lands in aid of a governmental unit](/usc/30/703.md)
- [§704. Purchase of substitute lands; limitations; conditions; payment; conveyance of less than a fee](/usc/30/704.md)
- [§705. Purchase price of conveyed interest; installment payments](/usc/30/705.md)
- [§706. Liabilities of occupants; trespass; limitations](/usc/30/706.md)
- [§707. Reservation of mineral rights](/usc/30/707.md)
- [§708. Assignments; succession](/usc/30/708.md)
- [§709. Disposition of payments and fees](/usc/30/709.md)