Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§496 Cancellation of Entry or Water Right for Nonpayment of Operation Charge
Title 43 › CHAPTER 12 — RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › SUBCHAPTER XI — MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY › § 496
Summary
One year’s unpaid operation, maintenance, or penalty charges can cancel water-right applications and homestead entries, forfeit payments to the reclamation fund, but homestead entries cannot be contested because of those arrears.
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Title 43, §496
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If any water-right applicant or entryman shall be one year in arrears in the payment of any charge for operation and maintenance and penalties, or any part thereof, his water-right application, and if he be a homestead entryman his entry also, shall be subject to cancellation, and all payments made by him forfeited to the reclamation fund, but no homestead entry shall be subject to contest because of such arrears.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section is comprised of second sentence of section 6 of act Aug. 13, 1914. First and third sentences of such section 6 are classified to section 479, 493, 494, 495, 497 of this title, respectively.
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43 U.S.C. § 496
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102