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LegalText 30 U.S.C. § 1238 Liens us united_states_code code_section 30 MINERAL LANDS AND MINING 25 SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION 1238 30 U.S.C. § 1238 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc30@119-100.zip /us/usc/t30/s1238 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-30/usc30.xml 7155876378a40788c227982d077c83779dcd56b1177815c84ae9faa9136feae4 355f8eb5c6ad5372de4a8e665d9ed90202d53d2aac19ac001d43948af4a4dd2f 52ecb69777ff3bf3167b2ca035237fae5582aecfdfa65e2f9dc60d8ae8c62f4b 2026-07-04 official
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30 U.S.C. § 1238 - Liens

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(a) Filing of statement and appraisal Within six months after the completion of projects to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent adverse effects of past coal mining practices on privately owned land, the Secretary or the State, pursuant to an approved State program, shall itemize the moneys so expended and may file a statement thereof in the office of the county in which the land lies which has the responsibility under local law for the recording of judgments against land, together with a notarized appraisal by an independent appraiser of the value of the land before the restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of adverse effects of past coal mining practices if the moneys so expended shall result in a significant increase in property value. Such statement shall constitute a lien upon the said land. The lien shall not exceed the amount determined by the appraisal to be the increase in the market value of the land as a result of the restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of the adverse effects of past coal mining practices. No lien shall be filed against the property of any person, in accordance with this subsection, who neither consented to nor participated in nor exercised control over the mining operation which necessitated the reclamation performed hereunder.

(b) Petition The landowner may proceed as provided by local law to petition within sixty days of the filing of the lien, to determine the increase in the market value of the land as a result of the restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of the adverse effects of past coal mining practices. The amount reported to be the increase in value of the premises shall constitute the amount of the lien and shall be recorded with the statement herein provided. Any party aggrieved by the decision may appeal as provided by local law.

(c) Recordation The lien provided in this section shall be entered in the county office in which the land lies and which has responsibility under local law for the recording of judgments against land. Such statement shall constitute a lien upon the said land as of the date of the expenditure of the moneys and shall have priority as a lien second only to the lien of real estate taxes imposed upon said land.

(Pub. L. 9587, title IV, § 408, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 465; Pub. L. 109432, div. C, title II, § 205, Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3016.)

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Amendments2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109432 struck out “who owned the surface prior to May 2, 1977, and” after “this subsection,” in last sentence.