Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§446 Right to Make Entry on Relinquishment of Former Entry Under Land Laws
Title 43 › Chapter 12— RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter VI— WATER RIGHT APPLICATIONS AND LAND ENTRIES › § 446
Summary
If Interior gets given-up Reclamation Act land that had an unfinished entry, the person who entered may re-enter it as if the first entry never happened.
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Title 43, §446
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Wherever the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of the reclamation Act, shall acquire by relinquishment lands covered by a bona fide unperfected entry under the land laws of the United States, the entryman upon such tract may make another and additional entry, as though the entry thus relinquished had not been made.
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The reclamation Act, referred to in text, is identified in section 434 of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 446
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60