Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-30/chapter-2/section-53.md

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+---
+type: "LegalText"
+title: "30 U.S.C. § 53"
+description: "Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 30
+title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
+chapter_number: "2"
+chapter_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL"
+section: "53"
+citation: "30 U.S.C. § 53"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc30@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s53"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-30/usc30.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 30 U.S.C. § 53 - Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title
+
+## Text
+
+No possessory action between persons, in any court of the United States, for the recovery of any mining title, or for damages to any such title, shall be affected by the fact that the paramount title to the land in which such mines lie is in the United States; but each case shall be adjudged by the law of possession.
+
+(R.S. § 910.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification R.S. § 910 derived from act Feb. 27, 1865, ch. 64, § 9, 13 Stat. 441. Section was formerly classified to section 690 of Title 28 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 869.