43 USC § 543 - Certificate of final payment and release of lien

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s543"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 543 - Certificate of final payment and release of lien"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "543"
section_name: "Certificate of final payment and release of lien"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "XIV"
subchapter_name: "PATENTS AND FINAL WATER-RIGHT CERTIFICATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 9, 1912, ch. 278, § 3, 37 Stat. 266.)"
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# § 543. Certificate of final payment and release of lien

Upon full and final payment being made of all amounts due on account of the building and betterment charges to the United States or its successors in control of the project, the United States or its successors, as the case may be, shall issue upon request a certificate certifying that payment of the building and betterment charges in full has been made and that the lien upon the land has been so far satisfied and is no longer of any force or effect except the lien for annual charges for operation and maintenance.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 9, 1912, ch. 278, § 3, 37 Stat. 266.)

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### Codification

Section comprises part of section 3 of act . Remainder of section 3 is set out as .