30 U.S.C. § 706 : US Code - Section 706: Liabilities of occupants; trespass; limitations

Search 30 U.S.C. § 706 : US Code - Section 706: Liabilities of occupants; trespass; limitations

(a) The execution of a conveyance as authorized by section 701 of
this title shall not relieve any occupant of the land conveyed of
any liability, existing on the date of said conveyance, to the
United States for unauthorized use of the land in and to which an
interest is conveyed.
(b) Except where a mining claim embracing land applied for under
this chapter by a qualified applicant was located at a time when
the land included therein was withdrawn or otherwise not subject to
such location, no trespass charges shall be sought or collected by
the United States from any qualified applicant who has filed an
application for land in the mining claim pursuant to this chapter,
based upon occupancy of such claim, whether residential or
otherwise, for any period preceding the final administrative
determination of the invalidity of the mining claim by the
Secretary of the Interior or the voluntary relinquishment of the
mining claim, whichever occurs earlier. Nothing contained in this
chapter shall be construed as creating any liability for trespass
to the United States which would not exist in the absence of this
chapter. Relief under this section shall be limited to persons who
file applications for conveyances pursuant to section 701 of this
title within the period ending June 30, 1971.