Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73

§315c Fences, wells, reservoirs, and other improvements; construction; permits; partition fences

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 8A— - GRAZING LANDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERALLY › § 315c

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

You may build fences, wells, reservoirs, and other things needed to care for livestock on public grazing land only if you have a permit from the Secretary of the Interior or a cooperative agreement the Secretary approves. Permit holders must follow the State’s rules about who pays for and keeps partition fences, and they cannot use improvements owned by a previous occupant until they pay that person the reasonable value set under the Secretary of the Interior’s rules; the Secretary’s decision is final.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §315c

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Fences, wells, reservoirs, and other improvements necessary to the care and management of the permitted livestock may be constructed on the public lands within such grazing districts under permit issued by the authority of the Secretary, or under such cooperative arrangement as the Secretary may approve. Permittees shall be required by the Secretary of the Interior to comply with the provisions of law of the State within which the grazing district is located with respect to the cost and maintenance of partition fences. No permit shall be issued which shall entitle the permittee to the use of such improvements constructed and owned by a prior occupant until the applicant has paid to such prior occupant the reasonable value of such improvements to be determined under rules and regulations of the Secretary of the Interior. The decision of the Secretary in such cases is to be final and conclusive.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 315c

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73