{"data":{"id":"us/43-u.s.c.-766","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 U.S.C. § 766","heading":"Geological surveys, extension of public surveys, expenses of subdividing","body":"There shall be no further geological survey by the Government, unless authorized by law. The public surveys shall extend over all mineral lands; and all subdividing of surveyed lands into lots less than one hundred and sixty acres may be done by county and local surveyors at the expense of claimants; but nothing in this section contained shall require the survey of waste or useless lands.","path":["Title 43—PUBLIC LANDS","CHAPTER 18—SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc43@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:36Z","sha256":"faeb624398cda3af29295867d6e362d8e1755b33a3749d23723a65c942ae88fd","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/43-u.s.c.-764-765","next":"us/43-u.s.c.-767"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}