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U.S. Code / Title 30 — Mineral Lands and… / Chapter 3A—Leases and Prospecting Permits
Title 30Subchapter

Subchapter Iv—Oil and Gas

Contents

  1. § 221 to 222i. Omitted
  2. § 223. Leases; amount and survey of land; term of lease; royalties and annual rental
  3. § 223a. Repealed. Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, §14, 60 Stat. 958
  4. § 224. Payments for oil or gas taken prior to application for lease
  5. § 225. Condition of lease, forfeiture for violation
  6. § 226. Lease of oil and gas lands
  7. § 226–1. Extension of noncompetitive oil or gas lease issued before September 2, 1960
  8. § 226–2. Limitations for filing oil and gas contests
  9. § 226–3. Lands not subject to oil and gas leasing
  10. § 226a, 226b. Repealed. Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, §14, 60 Stat. 958
  11. § 226c. Reduction of royalties under existing leases
  12. § 226d, 226e. Omitted
  13. § 227. Omitted
  14. § 228. Prospecting permits and leases to persons of lands not withdrawn; terms and conditions of; fraud of claimants
  15. § 229. Preference right to permits or leases of claimants of lands bona fide entered as agricultural land; terms and conditions
  16. § 229a. Water struck while drilling for oil and gas
  17. § 230 to 233. Repealed. June 22, 1948, ch. 605, §3, 62 Stat. 576
  18. § 233a. Permits or leases of certain lands in Oklahoma; retention of royalties
  19. § 234 to 236. Repealed. June 22, 1948, ch. 605, §3, 62 Stat. 576
  20. § 236a. Lands in naval petroleum reserves and naval oil-shale reserves; effect of other laws
  21. § 236b. Existing leases within naval petroleum reserves not affected
  22. § 237. Omitted

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Title 30, U.S. Code
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United States Code, 2024 Edition
Current through
01/06/2025

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Current text and notes (House OLRC)GPO edition on govinfoAbout the Statutes at Large

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