43 USC § 436 - Time when entry may be made generally

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s436"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 436 - Time when entry may be made generally"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "436"
section_name: "Time when entry may be made generally"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "WATER RIGHT APPLICATIONS AND LAND ENTRIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1910, ch. 407, § 5, 36 Stat. 836; Feb. 18, 1911, ch. 111, 36 Stat. 918; Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 10, 38 Stat. 689.)"
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# § 436. Time when entry may be made generally

June 25, 1910

After , no entry shall be made and no entryman shall be permitted to go upon lands reserved for irrigation purposes until the Secretary of the Interior shall have established the unit of acreage per entry, and water is ready to be delivered for the land in such unit or some part thereof and such fact has been announced by the Secretary of the Interior.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1910, ch. 407, § 5, 36 Stat. 836; Feb. 18, 1911, ch. 111, 36 Stat. 918; Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 10, 38 Stat. 689.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section comprises part of section 5 of act , as amended by acts  and . Remainder of section 5 is set out as .