---
kind: "unit"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
key: "ch12/schXIV"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter XIV"
heading: "Patents and Final Water-Right Certificates"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/ch12-schXIV"
sections_count: 7
---

# Subchapter XIV — Patents and Final Water-Right Certificates

Title 43 — Public Lands › Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government

## Sections

- [§541. When patent or final certificate issued](/usc/43/541.md)
- [§542. Reservation of lien for charges; enforcement of lien; redemption](/usc/43/542.md)
- [§543. Certificate of final payment and release of lien](/usc/43/543.md)
- [§544. Limitation as to holdings prior to final payment of charges; forfeiture of excess holding](/usc/43/544.md)
- [§545. Appointment of agents to receive payments; record of payments and amounts owing](/usc/43/545.md)
- [§546. Jurisdiction of district court for enforcement of this subchapter](/usc/43/546.md)
- [§547. Patent to desert-land entryman](/usc/43/547.md)