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NV Rev Stat § 533.250 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.250 - Admissibility of maps, plats, surveys and evidence on file in office of State Engineer; notice by State Engineer of intention to consider evidence and submission of findings to court.

  1. Any and all maps, plats, surveys and evidence on file in the Office of the State Engineer relating to any proof of appropriation involved in the proceeding for the determination of the relative rights in and to the waters of any stream system, obtained or filed under the provisions of this chapter or any preceding act relating to the Office of State Engineer, shall be admissible in court and shall have the same force and effect as though obtained and submitted under the provisions of this chapter.  2. At least 90 days prior to the rendering of his or her order of determination of the relative rights in and to the waters of any stream system, the State Engineer shall notify all parties in interest of his or her intention to consider such maps, plats and evidence, and of his or her intention to submit the findings of the State Engineer to the court under the provisions of this chapter.  3. Within 60 days after such notice, any party in interest may file with the State Engineer any additional or supplementary maps, plats, surveys or evidence, or objections to the admissibility of any evidence hitherto presented and on file in the office of the State Engineer, in relation to his or her claim of water right or adverse to the claim or claims of the water right of any other party or parties in interest, in order so to perfect his or her claim in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and the State Engineer shall consider the whole thereof in rendering such order of determination, and the same shall become a part of the record which shall be submitted to the court as provided by NRS 533.165 to 533.235, inclusive.  [88a:140:1913; added 1915, 378; 1919 RL p. 3248; NCL § 7975] — (NRS A 2017, 713, 3558)
NV Rev Stat § 533.255 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.255 - Submission of findings made before March 25, 1915.

In all cases where the State Engineer has issued findings prior to March 25, 1915, declaring the relative rights of appropriators in and to the waters of any stream system, the same may be submitted to the court under the provisions of NRS 533.165 to 533.235, inclusive.  [88b:140:1913; added 1915, 378; 1919 RL p. 3249; NCL § 7976]
NV Rev Stat § 533.260 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.260 - Regulations of State Engineer requiring blueprints from claimants to be attached to proofs.

The State Engineer shall have power to make and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations for the furnishing by claimants of blueprints of particular parcels of land shown on the map prepared by the State Engineer, and for such supplementary surveys and examinations or such inspection by the State Engineer as may be required, to the end that observations and surveys of the State Engineer may be made, insofar as practicable, available to the claimants for attachment to the proofs to be filed by them.  [50:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3235; NCL § 7935]
NV Rev Stat § 533.265 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.265 - State Engineer to issue certificates upon final determination of relative rights; contents of certificates; exceptions.

  1. Upon the final determination of the relative rights in and to the waters of any stream system, the State Engineer shall issue to each person represented in such determination a certificate to be signed by the State Engineer, and bearing the seal of the Office of the State Engineer.  2. The certificate shall set forth:  (a) The name and post office address of the owner of the right.  (b) The date of priority.  (c) Extent and purpose of such right.  (d) If such water is for irrigation purposes, a description of the land, by legal subdivisions when possible, to which the water is appurtenant.  3. Such certificate shall be transmitted by the State Engineer in person or by registered or certified mail to the owner.  4. No certificate need be issued by the State Engineer when printed copies of any decree of final determination of relative rights contain a listing of the individual rights so determined.  [51:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3235; NCL § 7936] — (NRS A 1957, 530; 1967, 191; 1975, 713)
NV Rev Stat § 533.270 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.270 - Water commissioners: Appointment; duties and salaries; exemption from state personnel system; district supervisors.

  1. The State Engineer shall appoint, subject to confirmation by any court having jurisdiction, one or more water commissioners for any stream system or water district subject to regulation and control by the State Engineer. The duties and salaries of the water commissioners must be fixed by the State Engineer and their salaries must be paid by the State of Nevada out of the water distribution accounts. The water commissioners are exempt from the provisions of chapter 284 of NRS.  2. The State Engineer shall appoint a district supervisor of water commissioners and fix the district supervisor’s duties. The district supervisor is in the unclassified service of the State.  [Part 52:140:1913; A 1915, 378; 1919, 384; 1921, 171; 1931, 357; 1945, 87; 1947, 518; 1951, 132] — (NRS A 1957, 530; 1961, 490; 1967, 1501; 1971, 1440; 1979, 666, 1112; 1981, 1283)
NV Rev Stat § 533.275 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.275 - Engineer for supervision of distribution: Appointment; salary and expenses; additional work.

  1. The State Engineer may appoint an engineer, who is qualified in hydrographic and water distribution experience, to work in a supervisory capacity on water distribution and regulation service upon all adjudicated stream systems within the State.  2. While engaged in that work, the salary and expenses of the engineer must be charged to the particular adjudicated stream system receiving the service upon the basis of time occupied and expenses incurred in the work, and payment must be made out of the water distribution account provided for the adjudicated stream system.  3. When the engineer is not engaged in water distribution, additional work may be allotted to the engineer by the State Engineer, and payment therefor must be from other money available to the Office of the State Engineer.  [Part 52:140:1913; A 1915, 378; 1919, 384; 1921, 171; 1931, 357; 1945, 87; 1947, 518; 1951, 132] — (NRS A 1979, 666)
NV Rev Stat § 533.280 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.280 - Annual budget for stream system or water district: Preparation; contents; limitation on assessment.

  1. The State Engineer shall, between the first Monday of October and the first Monday of December of each year, prepare a budget of the amount of money estimated to be necessary to pay the expenses of administering the stream system or each water district for the then current year.  2. The budget must show the following detail:  (a) The aggregate amount estimated to be necessary to pay the expenses of administering the stream system or water district.  (b) The aggregate water rights in the stream system or water district as determined by the State Engineer or the court.  (c) The unit charge necessary to provide the money required.  (d) The charge against each water user, which must be based upon the proportion which the water right of that water user bears to the aggregate water rights in the stream system, but the minimum charge is $1.  3. When the stream system lies in more than one county, a separate budget must be prepared for each county showing only the claimants and charges assessable within the county.  4. When the stream system irrigates more than 200,000 acres of land, the assessment for water distribution expenses must not exceed $1 per acre-foot of water decreed.  [Part 52:140:1913; A 1915, 378; 1919, 384; 1921, 171; 1931, 357; 1945, 87; 1947, 518; 1951, 132] — (NRS A 1957, 531; 1959, 139; 1971, 661; 1979, 227; 1989, 535; 1993, 2081; 2003, 352; 2017, 713, 1111)
NV Rev Stat § 533.285 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.285 - Entry on assessment roll of charges in budget; collection of special assessment.

  1. Upon receipt of such budget by the board of county commissioners, the board of county commissioners shall certify the respective charges contained therein to the county assessor. The county assessor shall enter the amount of the charge or charges on the assessment roll against the claimants and the property or acreage served.  2. The proper officers of the county shall collect the special assessment as other special assessments are levied and collected, and the assessment is a lien upon the property so served and must be collected in the same manner as other assessments are collected.  [Part 52:140:1913; A 1915, 378; 1919, 384; 1921, 171; 1931, 357; 1945, 87; 1947, 518; 1951, 132] — (NRS A 1995, 221)
NV Rev Stat § 533.290 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.290 - Water District Account: Creation; deposit and use of money; accounting.

  1. The assessments and charges provided for in NRS 533.285, when collected, must be deposited with the State Controller in the same manner as other special assessments, for credit to the Water District Account which is hereby created in the State General Fund.  2. All bills against the Water District Account must be certified by the State Engineer or an assistant thereof and, when certified and approved by the State Board of Examiners, the State Controller may draw his or her warrant therefor against the Account.  3. An advance must not be made from a stream system account that has been depleted until the advance is reimbursable from the proceeds of any assessments levied against the particular stream system or water district for which any claims are presented.  4. Any money remaining in the Water District Account at the end of the current year must remain in the Account and be available for use in the following year.  5. The State Controller shall keep separate accounts of the money for each stream system or water district received from the various counties within which the stream system or water district is located, and shall not draw warrants against an account until the State Controller has been notified by the State Engineer that assessments have been filed with the board of county commissioners, as required by NRS 533.285, that will return to the State of Nevada money advanced by the State out of the Water Distribution Revolving Account provided for in NRS 532.210.  [Part 52:140:1913; A 1915, 378; 1919, 384; 1921, 171; 1931, 357; 1945, 87; 1947, 518; 1951, 132] — (NRS A 1979, 667; 1991, 1783; 1995, 221; 2001, 2927)
NV Rev Stat § 533.295 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.295 - Limitation on use of Water District Account; "expenses" defined.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 534.040, money in the Water District Account must be used exclusively for expenses incurred in the administration, operation and maintenance of the particular stream system from which the money is budgeted and collected.  2. The term "expenses" referred to in NRS 533.270 to 533.290, inclusive, includes salaries, hydrographic surveys, per diem expenses, car rental, equipment, including necessary automobiles, supplies and materials incidental to the proper administration and distribution of water.  [Part 52:140:1913; A 1915, 378; 1919, 384; 1921, 171; 1931, 357; 1945, 87; 1947, 518; 1951, 132] — (NRS A 1979, 667; 1991, 1784; 1993, 2348)
NV Rev Stat § 533.300 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.300 - State to be divided into water districts; appointment of advisory boards by State Engineer; meetings.

  1. The State Engineer shall divide the State into water districts, to be so constituted as to insure the best protection for the water users, and the most economical water supervision on the part of the State. The water districts must not be created until a necessity therefor arises and must be created from time to time as the priorities and claims to the streams of the State are determined.  2. Upon the creation of a water district the State Engineer may appoint an advisory board of representative citizens within the district to assist the State Engineer in formulating plans and projects for the conservation of the water resources and the use thereof in the district. The per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses of the appointive members of the board must be paid from the account provided for the district in NRS 533.290; but the total annual per diem, travel and subsistence expenses of the members for each district must not exceed $800. The State Engineer may call such meetings of the board as in the opinion of the State Engineer may be necessary and expedient.  [53:140:1913; A 1947, 518; 1943 NCL § 7938] — (NRS A 1979, 667)
NV Rev Stat § 533.305 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.305 - Division of water among ditches and reservoirs; regulation of distribution among users; notice of regulation by water commissioner; duties of district attorney.

  1. The State Engineer shall divide or cause to be divided the waters of the natural streams or other sources of supply in the State among the several ditches and reservoirs taking water therefrom, according to the rights of each, respectively, in whole or in part, and shall shut or fasten, or cause to be shut or fastened, the headgates or ditches, and shall regulate, or cause to be regulated, the controlling works of reservoirs, as may be necessary to insure a proper distribution of the waters thereof.  2. The State Engineer shall have authority to regulate the distribution of water among the various users under any ditch or reservoir, whose rights have been adjudicated, or whose rights are listed with the clerk of any district court of this state pursuant to the terms of this chapter, the actual cost of such regulation being paid by the ditch or reservoir receiving such service.  3. Whenever, in pursuance of his or her duties, the water commissioner regulates a headgate to a ditch or the controlling works of reservoirs, the water commissioner shall attach to such headgate or controlling works a written notice properly dated and signed, setting forth the fact that such headgate or controlling works has been properly regulated and is wholly under the water commissioner’s control. Such notice shall be a legal notice to all parties interested in the diversion and distribution of the water of such ditch or reservoir. Such water commissioner shall have the right of ingress and egress across and upon public, private or corporate lands at all times in the exercise of his or her duties.  4. The district attorney shall appear for or in behalf of the State Engineer, or the duly authorized assistants of the State Engineer, in any case which may arise in the pursuance of the official duties of any such officer within the jurisdiction of the district attorney.  [54:140:1913; A 1929, 298; 1951, 132]
NV Rev Stat § 533.315 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.315 - Payment of certain costs in proceeding under NRS 533.310.

The cost of the hydrographic survey of the stream system and the preparation of the reports and maps by the State Engineer necessary to advise the court in proceedings under NRS 533.310 shall be paid by the water users of the stream upon approval and order of the district court of an itemized statement therefor submitted by the State Engineer.  [Part 46 1/2:140:1913; added 1947, 518; A 1949, 102; 1951, 158] — (NRS A 1975, 72)
NV Rev Stat § 533.320 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.320 - Payment of cost of administration of final decree and distribution of water; approval of budget; submission to board of county commissioners; provisions applicable.

The estimated cost of the administration of the final decree and the distribution of the waters of the stream system must be budgeted by the State Engineer in like manner and at the time as provided in NRS 533.280. The budget must be first submitted to the district court for approval. Upon approval thereof by the district court the budget must be submitted by the district court to the board of county commissioners of the proper county and thereupon all of the provisions of NRS 533.280 to 533.295, inclusive, govern with respect to the assessment and collection of the costs, the deposits thereof in the Water District Account in the State General Fund, and the payment of claims for the costs of administration of the final decree and the distribution of water thereunder.  [Part 46 1/2:140:1913; added 1947, 518; A 1949, 102; 1951, 158] — (NRS A 1991, 1784)
NV Rev Stat § 533.324 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.324 - "Water already appropriated" defined.

As used in NRS 533.325, 533.345 and 533.425, "water already appropriated" includes water for whose appropriation the State Engineer has issued a permit but which has not been applied to the intended use before an application to change the place of diversion, manner of use or place of use is made.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 321)
NV Rev Stat § 533.325 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.325 - Application to State Engineer for permit.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 533.027 and 534.065, any person who wishes to appropriate any of the public waters, or to change the place of diversion, manner of use or place of use of water already appropriated, shall, before performing any work in connection with such appropriation, change in place of diversion or change in manner or place of use, apply to the State Engineer for a permit to do so.  [Part 59:140:1913; A 1919, 71; 1951, 132] — (NRS A 1991, 859; 2017, 1433; 2019, 2525)
NV Rev Stat § 533.330 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.330 - Application limited to water of one source for one purpose; individual domestic use may be included.

No application shall be for the water of more than one source to be used for more than one purpose; but individual domestic use may be included in any application with the other use named.  [Part 59:140:1913; A 1919, 71; 1951, 132]
NV Rev Stat § 533.335 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.335 - Application for permit to appropriate water: Contents.

Each application for a permit to appropriate water shall contain the following information:  1. The name and post office address of the applicant and, if the applicant is a corporation, the date and place of incorporation.  2. The name of the source from which the appropriation is to be made.  3. The amount of water which it is desired to appropriate, expressed in terms of cubic feet per second and acre-feet per year, except in:  (a) An application for a permit to store water, where the amount shall be expressed in acre-feet; and  (b) An application for generating hydroelectric power or a diversion rate only application, where the amount shall be expressed in cubic feet per second.  4. The purpose for which the application is to be made.  5. A substantially accurate description of the location of the place at which the water is to be diverted from its source and, if any of such water is to be returned to the source, a description of the location of the place of return.  6. A description of the proposed works.  7. The estimated cost of such works.  8. The estimated time required to construct the works, and the estimated time required to complete the application of the water to beneficial use.  9. The signature of the applicant or a properly authorized agent thereof.  [Part 59:140:1913; A 1919, 71; 1951, 132] — (NRS A 2017, 3498)
NV Rev Stat § 533.340 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.340 - Additional requirements for contents of applications to appropriate water for certain specific uses.

In addition to the requirements of NRS 533.335, the application shall contain:  1. If for irrigation purposes, except in case of an application for a permit to store water, the number of acres to be irrigated and a description by legal subdivisions, where possible, of the lands to be irrigated.  2. If for power purposes, the vertical head under which the water will be applied, the location of the proposed powerhouse, and, as near as may be, the use to which the power is to be applied.  3. If for municipal supply or for domestic use, the approximate number of persons to be served, and the approximate future requirement.  4. If for mining purposes, the proposed method of applying and utilizing the water.  5. If for stock-watering purposes, the approximate number and character of animals to be watered.  6. If for any purpose contemplating the storage of waters, in addition to the information required in applications naming the purpose, the dimensions and location of the proposed dam, the capacity of the proposed reservoir, and a description of the land to be submerged by the impounded waters.  7. If for additional rate of diversion where no additional volume of water is granted, sufficient information demonstrating the need for the additional rate of diversion.  [Part 59:140:1913; A 1919, 71; 1951, 132] — (NRS A 2013, 1235)
NV Rev Stat § 533.345 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.345 - Application for permit to change place of diversion, manner of use or place of use: Contents; approval of or hearing on temporary change; period of temporary change.

  1. Every application for a permit to change the place of diversion, manner of use or place of use of water already appropriated must contain such information as may be necessary to a full understanding of the proposed change, as may be required by the State Engineer.  2. If an applicant is seeking a temporary change of place of diversion, manner of use or place of use of water already appropriated, the State Engineer shall approve the application if:  (a) The application is accompanied by the prescribed fees;  (b) The temporary change is in the public interest; and  (c) The temporary change does not impair the water rights held by other persons.  3. If the State Engineer determines that the temporary change may not be in the public interest, or may impair the water rights held by other persons, the State Engineer shall give notice of the application as provided in NRS 533.360 and hold a hearing and render a decision as provided in this chapter.  4. A temporary change may be granted for any period not to exceed 1 year.  [Part 59:140:1913; A 1919, 71; 1951, 132] — (NRS A 1989, 318)