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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. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "30 U.S.C. § 187b"
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description: "Oil or gas leases; written relinquishment of rights; release of obligations"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 30
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title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
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chapter_number: "3A"
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chapter_name: "LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS"
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section: "187b"
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citation: "30 U.S.C. § 187b"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc30@119-100.zip"
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# 30 U.S.C. § 187b - Oil or gas leases; written relinquishment of rights; release of obligations
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## Text
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Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in section 187 of this title, a lessee may at any time make and file in the appropriate land office a written relinquishment of all rights under any oil or gas lease issued under the authority of this chapter or of any legal subdivision of the area included within any such lease. Such relinquishment shall be effective as of the date of its filing, subject to the continued obligation of the lessee and his surety to make payment of all accrued rentals and royalties and to place all wells on the lands to be relinquished in condition for suspension or abandonment in accordance with the applicable lease terms and regulations; thereupon the lessee shall be released of all obligations thereafter accruing under said lease with respect to the lands relinquished, but no such relinquishment shall release such lessee, or his bond, from any liability for breach of any obligation of the lease, other than an obligation to drill, accrued at the date of the relinquishment.
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(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 30B, formerly § 30b, as added Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 8, 60 Stat. 956; renumbered § 30B, Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5103, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–258.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Savings ProvisionSee note set out under section 181 of this title.
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