43 USC § 390pp - Involuntary foreclosure

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s390pp"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 390pp - Involuntary foreclosure"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "390pp"
section_name: "Involuntary foreclosure"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "I–A"
subchapter_name: "RECLAMATION REFORM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 216, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1270.)"
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# § 390pp. Involuntary foreclosure

*Provided**Provided further**Provided further*section 390ee of this titlesection 390ee of this title

Neither the ownership limitations of this subchapter nor the ownership limitations of any other provision of Federal reclamation law shall apply to lands when the lands are acquired by involuntary foreclosure, or similar involuntary process of law, by bona fide conveyance in satisfaction of a debt (including, but not limited to, a mortgage, real estate contract, or deed of trust), by inheritance, or by devise: , That such lands were eligible to receive irrigation water prior to such transfer of title or the mortgaged lands became ineligible to receive water after the mortgage is recorded but before it is acquired by involuntary foreclosure or similar involuntary process of law or by bona fide conveyance in satisfaction of mortgage: , That if, after acquisition, such lands are not qualified under Federal reclamation law, including this subchapter, they shall be furnished temporarily with an irrigation water supply for a period not exceeding five years from the effective date of such an acquisition, delivery of irrigation water thereafter ceasing until the transfer thereof to a landowner qualified under such laws: , That the provisions of  shall be applicable separately to each acquisition under this section if the lands are otherwise subject to the provisions of .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 216, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1270.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Federal reclamation law, referred to in text, is defined in .