43 USC § 495 - Shutting off water for nonpayment of operation charge
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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s495"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 495 - Shutting off water for nonpayment of operation charge"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "495"
section_name: "Shutting off water for nonpayment of operation charge"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 6, 38 Stat. 688.)"
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# § 495. Shutting off water for nonpayment of operation charge
No water shall be delivered to the lands of any water-right applicant or entryman who shall be in arrears for more than one calendar year for the payment of any charge for operation and maintenance.
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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 6, 38 Stat. 688.)
## Editorial Notes
### Codification
Section is comprised of part of first sentence of section 6 of act . Remainder of first sentence of such section 6 is classified to sections 479, 493 and 494 of this title; second and third sentences of such section 6 are classified to sections 496 and 497 of this title, respectively.