Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§471 Initial payment and annual installments of charges generally
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - CONSTRUCTION CHARGES › § 471
Summary
At application or entry, you must pay 5% of the land’s construction charge into the reclamation fund as the initial installment. The balance is paid in yearly installments; the first is due December 1 of the fifth calendar year after that initial payment. You may pay earlier. Entry is allowed when the Interior Secretary announces water is available and the initial payment is made when the per‑acre charge is set.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §471
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Any entryman or applicant shall at the time of making water-right application or entry, as the case may be, pay into the reclamation fund 5 per centum of the construction charge fixed for his land as an initial installment, and shall pay the balance of said charge in annual installments. The first of the annual installments shall become due and payable on December 1 of the fifth calendar year after the initial installment: Provided, That any water-right applicant or entryman may, if he so elects, pay the whole or any part of the construction charges owing by him within any shorter period: Provided further, That entry may be made whenever water is available, as announced by the Secretary of the Interior, and the initial payment be made when the charge per acre is established.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section comprises part of section 1 of act Aug. 13, 1914. Remainder of section 1 is set out as section 472 of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 471
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73