{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3862.6-1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3862.6-1","heading":"-1 Failure to prosecute application with diligence.","body":"The failure of an applicant for patent to a mining claim to prosecute his application to completion, by filing the necessary proofs and making payment for the land, within a reasonable time after the expiration of the period of publication of notice of the application, or after the termination of adverse proceedings in the courts, constitutes a waiver by the applicant of all rights obtained by the earlier proceedings upon the application.","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands","CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER C—MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)","PART 3860—MINERAL PATENT APPLICATIONS","Subpart 3862—Lode Mining Claim Patent Applications"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"004bd5fd1b2b59397e211a23d1f6db56829d98250aeda7c3c2d2cc6cb1678b3c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3862.6","next":"us/43-cfr-3862.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}