Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE48 WATER |
CHAPTER533. Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters |
ADJUDICATION OF VESTED WATER RIGHTS |
NRS533.115. Blank forms enclosed with notice; contents of statement.
- The State Engineer shall, in addition, enclose with the notice to be mailed as provided in NRS 533.110, blank forms upon which the claimant shall present in writing all particulars necessary for the determination of the claimant’s right in or to the waters of the stream system, the statement to include the following:
1. The name and post office address of the claimant.
2. The nature of the right or use on which the claim for appropriation is based.
3. The time of the initiation of such right and a description of works of diversion and distribution.
4. The date of beginning of construction.
5. The date when completed.
6. The dates of beginning and completion of enlargements.
7. The dimensions of the ditch as originally constructed and as enlarged.
8. The date when water was first used for irrigation or other beneficial purposes and, if used for irrigation, the amount of land reclaimed the first year, the amount in subsequent years, with the dates of reclamation, and the area and location of the lands which are intended to be irrigated.
9. The character of the soil and the kind of crops cultivated, the number of acre-feet of water per annum required to irrigate the land, and such other facts as will show the extent and nature of the right and a compliance with the law in acquiring the same, as may be required by the State Engineer.
[23:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3229; NCL § 7910]