§435 Entries in Excess of Farm Unit

Summary

If you claimed land in a reclamation project that covers more than one farm unit, you must reduce your claim to a single farm unit within two years after you prove you lived on, improved, and farmed the land, or within two years after a farm-unit map is issued if that comes later. Your proof must be made within four years after the Secretary of the Interior says water is available. If you do not give up the extra land as the law requires within those times, the extra land can be canceled. Once you comply, you can get a patent for the part that matches one farm unit.