30 U.S.C. § 52 Patents Or Homesteads Subject to Vested and Accrued Water Rights

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 30 U.S.C. § 52

All patents granted, or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights,¹ as may have been acquired under or recognized by section 51 of this title.

¹ See Repeal; Savings Provision note below.

Cite as 30 U.S.C. § 52

Source: R.S. §2340; Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, §4, 26 Stat. 1097.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATION

R.S. §2340 derived from act July 9, 1870, ch. 235, §17, 16 Stat. 218.

Section is also set out as the second par. of section 661 of Title 43, Public Lands.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

REPEAL; SAVINGS PROVISION