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30 U.S.C. § 52 — Patents or homesteads subject to vested and accrued water rights
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Patents and homesteads on public land are subject to already-existing water rights. This includes rights to ditches and reservoirs connected to that water. These rights must have been acquired or recognized under section 51 of this title.
Every land patent granted, and every homestead allowed, remains subject to any water rights — or rights to ditches and reservoirs tied to that water — that were already vested and accrued, or recognized, under section 51 of this title.
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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.
Source credit: (R.S. § 2340; Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 4, 26 Stat. 1097.)
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- 1891Enacted · Act of Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561 · 26 Stat. 1097
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