---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 953"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "953"
heading: "Declaratory statement as to reservoirs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/953"
units:
  - "Chapter 22 — Rights-Of-Way and Other Easements in Public Lands"
---

# §953. Declaratory statement as to reservoirs


Any person, livestock company, or corporation desiring to avail themselves of the provisions of sections [952](/usc/43/952.md) to [955](/usc/43/955.md) of this title shall file a declaratory statement in the United States land office in the district where the land is situated, which statement shall describe the land where such reservoir is to be or has been constructed; shall [state](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) what business such corporation is engaged in; specify the capacity of the reservoir in gallons, and whether such company, person, or corporation has filed upon other reservoir sites within the same county; and if so, how many.


## Source credit

(Jan. 13, 1897, ch. 11, § 2, 29 Stat. 484.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Repeal; Savings Provision

Section repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 706(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest System. Such repeal not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.