Resident citizenship of State as qualification for entry

Excepting in the State of Nevada, no person shall be entitled to make entry of desert lands unless he be a resident citizen of the State or Territory in which the land sought to be entered is located. (Source: (Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 107, § 8, as added Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 2, 26 Stat. 1097; amended Jan. 6, 1921, ch. 12, 41 Stat. 1086.))