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Table of Contents
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TITLE 85. WATER USE
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CHAPTER 2. SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER
Part 2. Adjudication of Water Rights
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85-2-201
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85-2-202
- Repealed
85-2-203
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85-2-204
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85-2-205
- Repealed
85-2-206
- Repealed
85-2-207
- Repealed
85-2-208
- Repealed
85-2-209
- Repealed
85-2-210
- Repealed
85-2-211
- Repealed
85-2-212
- Order by supreme court
85-2-213
- Notice of order
85-2-214
- Commencement of action
85-2-215
- Consolidation of matters
85-2-216
- Venue for water rights determinations
85-2-217
- Suspension of adjudication
85-2-218
- Process and criteria for designating priority basins or subbasins
85-2-221
- Filing of claim of existing water right -- filing late claim
85-2-222
- Exemptions
85-2-223
- Public recreational uses
85-2-224
- Statement of claim
85-2-225
- Filing fee -- processing fee for remitted claims
85-2-226
- Abandonment by failure to file claim
85-2-227
- Claim to constitute prima facie evidence -- relevant evidence -- abandonment -- criteria for presumption of municipal nonabandonment
85-2-228
- Federal reserved water rights with priority date of July 1, 1973, or later -- process and adjudication -- purpose
85-2-231
- Temporary preliminary and preliminary decree
85-2-232
- Availability of temporary preliminary or preliminary decree
85-2-233
- Hearing on temporary preliminary decree or preliminary decree -- procedure
85-2-234
- Final decree
85-2-235
- Appeals
85-2-236
- Certificate of water right
85-2-237
- Reopening and review of decrees
85-2-241
- Repealed
85-2-242
- Repealed
85-2-243
- Department assistance to water judges
85-2-247
- Purpose
85-2-248
- Resolution of issue remarks other than by objection
85-2-249
- Prioritization of workload
85-2-250
- Definition
85-2-270
- Findings -- purpose
85-2-271
- Benchmarks -- action taken if not met -- claims examination priority
85-2-272
- Repealed
85-2-273
- Repealed
85-2-276
- Repealed
85-2-279
- Repealed
85-2-280
- Water adjudication account
85-2-281
- Reporting requirements
85-2-282
- Examination of claims in verified basins
85-2-283
- Repealed