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-20/section-709.md

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+---
+type: "LegalText"
+title: "30 U.S.C. § 709"
+description: "Disposition of payments and fees"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 30
+title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
+chapter_number: "20"
+chapter_name: "CONVEYANCES TO OCCUPANTS OF UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS"
+section: "709"
+citation: "30 U.S.C. § 709"
+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/s709"
+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. § 709 - Disposition of payments and fees
+
+## Text
+
+Payments of filing fees and survey costs, and the payments of the purchase price for patents in fee shall be disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior as are such fees, costs, and purchase prices in the disposition of public lands. All payments and fees for occupancy in conveyances of less than the fee, or for permits for life or shorter periods, shall be disposed of by the administering department or agency as are other receipts for the use of the lands involved.
+
+(Pub. L. 87–851, § 9, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1128.)