Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§625 Release of Unentered Land From Lien on Noncompletion of Irrigation Project
Title 43 › Chapter 13— FEDERAL LANDS INCLUDED IN STATE IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › § 625
Summary
The Secretary can lift the lien on unentered land if, ten years after he approved the district map, no final certificate was issued and no irrigation works or water were provided for that land.
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Title 43, §625
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The Secretary of the Interior may, upon the expiration of ten years from the date of his approval of said map and plan of any irrigation district, release from the lien authorized by this chapter any unentered land or lands upon which final certificate has not issued, for which irrigation works have not been constructed and water of such district made available for the land.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section is comprised of the first proviso in section 3 of act Aug. 11, 1916. The remainder of section 3 is classified to section 623 of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 625
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60