Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60

§435 Entries in Excess of Farm Unit

Title 43 › Chapter 12— RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter VI— WATER RIGHT APPLICATIONS AND LAND ENTRIES › § 435

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Anyone who claims land in a reclamation project that has more than one farm unit must reduce their claim to a single farm unit within two years after they prove they live on, improved, and farm the land, or within two years after a farm-unit map is issued if that happens later. That proof must be made within four years after the Secretary of the Interior announces water is available; any land kept above one farm unit can be canceled, but after following the rules the claimant can get a patent for the part that matches one farm unit.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §435

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All entries under reclamation projects containing more than one farm unit shall be reduced in area and conformed to a single farm unit within two years after making proof of residence, improvement, and cultivation, or within two years after the issuance of a farm-unit plat for the project, if the same issues subsequent to the making of such proof: Provided, That such proof is made within four years from the date as announced by the Secretary of the Interior that water is available for delivery for the land. Any entryman failing within the period herein provided to dispose of the excess of his entry above one farm unit, in the manner provided by law, and to conform his entry to a single farm unit shall render his entry subject to cancellation as to the excess above one farm unit: Provided, That upon compliance with the provisions of law such entryman shall be entitled to receive a patent for that part of his entry which conforms to one farm unit as established for the project.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 435

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60