Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§464 Increases of Charges on Failure to Make Water-right Application
Title 43 › Chapter 12— RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter IX— CONSTRUCTION CHARGES › § 464
Summary
Construction charges for privately owned land or land not covered by the reclamation law go up 5 percent each year if the owner does not apply for a water right within one year after August 13, 1914, or within one year after receiving the required official notice. The yearly increase keeps happening until the owner files the application and pays the first installment.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §464
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In all cases where application for water right for lands in private ownership or lands held under entries not subject to the reclamation law shall not be made within one year after August 13, 1914, or within one year after notice issued in pursuance of section 419 of this title, in cases where such notice has not been issued prior to August 13, 1914, the construction charges for such land shall be increased 5 per centum each year until such application is made and an initial installment is paid.
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The reclamation law, referred to in text, is defined in section 472 of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 464
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60