---
kind: "unit"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
key: "ch14"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 14"
heading: "Grants of Desert Lands to States for Reclamation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/ch14"
sections_count: 12
---

# Chapter 14 — Grants of Desert Lands to States for Reclamation

Title 43 — Public Lands

## Sections

- [§641. Grant of desert land to States authorized](/usc/43/641.md)
- [§641a. Issuance of quitclaim deeds; patents for segregated lands](/usc/43/641a.md)
- [§641b. Filing of application for quitclaim deeds](/usc/43/641b.md)
- [§641c. Requirements of application for quitclaim deed](/usc/43/641c.md)
- [§641d. Effective date of quitclaim; administration of lands relinquished by States](/usc/43/641d.md)
- [§642. Liens for expenses of reclamation](/usc/43/642.md)
- [§643. Repealed.](/usc/43/643.md)
- [§644. Preference right to entryman under State laws](/usc/43/644.md)
- [§645. Additional arid lands available to Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming for reclamation](/usc/43/645.md)
- [§646. Grant extended to New Mexico and Arizona](/usc/43/646.md)
- [§647. Grant extended to desert lands within part of former Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado](/usc/43/647.md)
- [§648. Omitted](/usc/43/648.md)