43 U.S.C. § 325

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.

( 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 .)