Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§478 Pecuniary Penalty for Nonpayment of Installments of Construction Charges
Title 43 › CHAPTER 12 — RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › SUBCHAPTER IX — CONSTRUCTION CHARGES › § 478
Summary
If a water-right applicant or entryman missed a construction-charge payment that was due before December 5, 1924, a 1% penalty is added to the unpaid amount right away, and another 1% is added on the first day of each month after that until the payment is made. For any installments that became due after December 5, 1924, the monthly penalty is reduced to one-half of 1% per month.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §478
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If any water-right applicant or entryman shall have, prior to December 5, 1924, failed to pay any installment of his construction charges when due, there shall be added to the amount unpaid a penalty of 1 per centum thereof, and there shall be added a like penalty of 1 per centum of the amount unpaid on the first day of each month thereafter so long as such default shall have continued: Provided, That the penalty of 1 per centum per month against delinquent accounts, is reduced to one-half of 1 per centum per month, as to all installments which may become due after December 5, 1924.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section consolidates first sentence of act Aug. 13, 1914, § 3, with act Dec. 5, 1924, § 4, subsec. H.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 478
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102