Chapter 3. Appropriation  


§ 73-3-1. Appropriation -- Manner of acquiring water rights.
§ 73-3-1.5. Capture and storage of precipitation.
§ 73-3-2. Application for right to use unappropriated public water -- Necessity -- Form -- Contents -- Validation of prior applications by state or United States or officer or agency thereof.
§ 73-3-3. Permanent or temporary changes in point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use.
§ 73-3-3.5. Application for a change of point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use of water in a water company made by a shareholder.
§ 73-3-4. "Received," "filed" defined.
§ 73-3-5. Action by engineer on applications.
§ 73-3-5.5. Temporary applications to appropriate water -- Approval by engineer -- Expiration -- Proof of appropriation not required.
§ 73-3-5.6. Applications to appropriate or permanently change a small amount of water -- Proof of appropriation or change.
§ 73-3-6. Publication of notice of application -- Corrections or amendments of applications.
§ 73-3-7. Protests.
§ 73-3-8. Approval or rejection of application -- Requirements for approval -- Application for specified period of time -- Filing of royalty contract for removal of salt or minerals.
§ 73-3-10. Approval or rejection of application.
§ 73-3-11. Statement of financial ability of applicants.
§ 73-3-12. Time limit on construction and application to beneficial use -- Extensions -- Procedures and criteria.
§ 73-3-13. Protests -- Procedure.
§ 73-3-14. Judicial review of state engineer order.
§ 73-3-15. Dismissal of action for review of informal adjudicative proceedings.
§ 73-3-16. Proof of appropriation or permanent change -- Notice -- Manner of proof -- Statements -- Maps, profiles, and drawings -- Verification -- Waiver of filing -- Statement in lieu of proof of appropriation or change.
§ 73-3-17. Certificate of appropriation -- Evidence.
§ 73-3-18. Lapse of application -- Notice -- Reinstatement -- Priorities -- Assignment of application -- Filing and recording -- Constructive notice -- Effect of failure to record. (Effective 5/13/2014)
§ 73-3-19. Right of entry on private property -- By applicant -- Bond -- Priority.
§ 73-3-20. Right to divert appropriated waters into natural streams -- Requirements -- Storage in reservoir -- Information required by state engineer -- Lapse of application.
§ 73-3-21.1. Priorities between appropriators.
§ 73-3-23. Replacement of water.
§ 73-3-25. Well driller's license -- Enforcement.
§ 73-3-26. Violations -- Penalty. (Effective 5/13/2014)
§ 73-3-27. Requests for segregation or consolidation.
§ 73-3-28. Replacement wells -- Requirements -- State engineer's approval -- Application to drill -- Filing -- Form -- Contents -- Notice -- Fees -- Definition -- Plugging of old well.
§ 73-3-29. Relocation of natural streams -- Written permit required -- Emergency work -- Violations. (Effective 5/13/2014)
§ 73-3-30. Change application for an instream flow.
§ 73-3-31. Water right for watering livestock on public land. (Effective 5/13/2014)