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NV Rev Stat § 533.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.090 - Determination of relative rights of claimants to water of stream or stream system: Petition; order of State Engineer.

  1. Upon a petition to the State Engineer, signed by one or more water users of any stream or stream system, requesting the determination of the relative rights of the various claimants to the waters thereof, the State Engineer shall, if upon investigation the State Engineer finds the facts and conditions justify it, enter an order granting the petition and shall make proper arrangements to proceed with such determination.  2. The State Engineer shall, in the absence of such a petition requesting a determination of relative rights, enter an order for the determination of the relative rights to the use of water of any stream selected by the State Engineer. As soon as practicable after the order is made and entered, the State Engineer shall proceed with such determination as provided in this chapter.  3. A water user upon or from any stream or body of water shall be held and deemed to be a water user upon the stream system of which such stream or body of water is a part or tributary.  [18:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3227; NCL § 7905] — (NRS A 2017, 706)
NV Rev Stat § 533.095 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.095 - Notice of entry of order and pendency of proceedings: Preparation; contents; publication; service of notice. [Effective through December 31, 2027.]

  1. As soon as practicable after the State Engineer enters an order granting the petition or selecting the streams upon which the determination of rights is to begin, the State Engineer shall prepare a notice setting forth the fact of the entry of the order and of the pendency of the proceedings.  2. The notice shall set forth:  (a) That all claimants to rights in the waters of the stream system are required, as provided in this chapter, to make proof of their claims, except claimants who submitted proof of their claims pursuant to NRS 533.087;  (b) The date on which the State Engineer will commence taking proofs of appropriation regarding the rights in and to the waters of the stream system;  (c) The date by which all proofs of appropriation must be filed; and  (d) That all proofs of appropriation must be accompanied by maps prepared in accordance with and depicting any information required pursuant to NRS 533.100 and 533.115.   3. The notice shall be published for a period of 4 consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the boundaries of the stream system.  4. At or near the time of the first publication of the notice, the State Engineer shall send by mail to each person, or deliver to each person, in person, hereinafter designated as claimant, claiming rights in or to the waters of the stream system, insofar as such claimants can be reasonably ascertained, a notice equivalent in terms to the published notice setting forth the date when the State Engineer will commence the taking of proofs, and the date prior to which proofs must be filed with the State Engineer. The notice must be mailed at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for the commencement of the taking of proofs. The date set prior to which the proofs must be filed shall not be less than 60 days from the date set for the commencement of taking proofs. The notice shall be deemed to be an order of the State Engineer as to its contents.  [19:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3228; NCL § 7906] — (NRS A 2017, 706, 3556)
NV Rev Stat § 533.095 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.095 - Notice of entry of order and pendency of proceedings: Preparation; contents; publication; service of notice. [Effective January 1, 2028.]

  1. As soon as practicable after the State Engineer enters an order granting the petition or selecting the streams upon which the determination of rights is to begin, the State Engineer shall prepare a notice setting forth the fact of the entry of the order and of the pendency of the proceedings.  2. The notice shall set forth:  (a) That any federal agencies claiming reserved rights in the waters of the stream system are required, as prescribed by the State Engineer, to make proof of their claims;  (b) The date on which the State Engineer will commence taking proofs of appropriation regarding the rights in and to the waters of the stream system;  (c) The date by which all proofs of appropriation must be filed; and  (d) That all proofs of appropriation must be accompanied by maps prepared in accordance with and depicting any information required pursuant to NRS 533.100 and 533.115.   3. The notice shall be published for a period of 4 consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the boundaries of the stream system.  4. At or near the time of the first publication of the notice, the State Engineer shall send by mail to each federal agency, or deliver to each federal agency, in person, hereinafter designated as claimant, claiming rights in or to the waters of the stream system, insofar as such claimants can be reasonably ascertained, a notice equivalent in terms to the published notice setting forth the date when the State Engineer will commence the taking of proofs, and the date prior to which proofs must be filed with the State Engineer. The notice must be mailed at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for the commencement of the taking of proofs. The date set prior to which the proofs must be filed shall not be less than 60 days from the date set for the commencement of taking proofs. The notice shall be deemed to be an order of the State Engineer as to its contents.  [19:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3228; NCL § 7906] — (NRS A 2017, 706, 3556, effective January 1, 2028)
NV Rev Stat § 533.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.100 - Investigation of flow of stream and ditches by State Engineer; preparation of surveys and maps.

  1. The State Engineer shall begin an investigation of the flow of the stream and of the ditches diverting water, and of the lands irrigated therefrom, and shall gather such other data and information as may be essential to the proper determination of the water rights in the stream.  2. The State Engineer shall:  (a) Reduce his or her observations and measurements to writing.  (b) If necessary, execute surveys or cause them to be executed.  (c) If necessary, prepare, or cause to be prepared, maps from the observations of such surveys in accordance with such uniform rules and regulations as the State Engineer may adopt.  3. The surveys and maps shall show with substantial accuracy:  (a) The course of the stream.  (b) The location of each ditch or canal diverting water therefrom, together with the point of diversion thereof.  (c) The area and outline of each parcel of land upon which the water of the stream has been employed for the irrigation of crops or pasture.  (d) The kind of culture upon each of the parcels of land.  4. The map shall be prepared as the surveys and observations progress, and, when completed, shall be filed and made of record in the Office of the State Engineer. Such map for original filing in the Office of the State Engineer shall, in addition to complying with any other applicable rule or regulation of the State Engineer, be on mylar, on a scale of not less than 1,000 feet to the inch.  [20:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3228; NCL § 7907] — (NRS A 2017, 707)
NV Rev Stat § 533.105 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.105 - Use of data compiled by United States Geological Survey or other persons.

If satisfactory data are available from the measurements and areas compiled by the United States Geological Survey or other persons, the State Engineer may dispense with the execution of such surveys and the preparation of such maps and stream measurements, except insofar as is necessary to prepare them to conform with the rules and regulations, as provided in NRS 533.100.  [21:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3228; NCL § 7908] — (NRS A 2017, 707, 3556)
NV Rev Stat § 533.115 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.115 - Blank forms enclosed with notice; form of proof; preparation of map. [Effective through December 31, 2027.]

  1. The State Engineer shall, in addition, enclose with the notice to be mailed as provided in NRS 533.095, blank forms upon which a claimant who has not submitted proof pursuant to NRS 533.087 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 form for a proof of appropriation must include the following:  (a) The name and mailing address of the claimant.  (b) The nature of the right or use on which the claim for appropriation is based.  (c) The time of the initiation of such right, the priority date claimed and a description of the place of diversion and works of diversion and distribution.  (d) The date of beginning of construction.  (e) The date when completed.  (f) The dates of beginning and completion of enlargements.  (g) The dimensions of the ditch as originally constructed and as enlarged.  (h) The date when water was first used for irrigation or other beneficial purposes.  (i) If the water was used for irrigation, the number of acres irrigated the first year, the number of acres irrigated in subsequent years, the dates of irrigation, the area and location of the lands which were irrigated, the character of the soil and the kind of crops cultivated, the rate of diversion and the number of acre-feet of water per annum required to irrigate the land.  (j) If the water was used for a beneficial purpose other than irrigation, the rate of diversion and the number of acre-feet of water used annually.  (k) If the water was used for watering livestock, the number and type of livestock.  (l) Any other facts as will show the extent and nature of the right and compliance with the law in acquiring the same, as may be required by the State Engineer.  2. A claimant must submit a separate proof of appropriation for each source of water of the stream system in which or to which the claimant claims a right.   3. The proof of appropriation submitted by the claimant must be accompanied by a map prepared, except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, in accordance with and depicting any information required pursuant to the requirements of subsections 3 and 4 of NRS 533.100.  4. If the map submitted with a proof of appropriation is prepared for water used for watering livestock, the map must be on a scale of not less than 1:24,000 or a map prepared by the United States Geological Survey covering a quadrangle of 7 1/2 minutes of latitude and longitude, and further identifying the location or extent of the livestock use by one-sixteenth sections within a numbered section, township and range.  [23:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3229; NCL § 7910] — (NRS A 2017, 707, 3557; R 2017, 3560, effective January 1, 2028)
NV Rev Stat § 533.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.120 - Statements to be certified under oath; no fee for furnishing blank form. [Effective through December 31, 2027.]

  1. Each claimant shall be required to certify to his or her statement presented pursuant to NRS 533.115 under oath.  2. Blank forms must be furnished by the State Engineer without charge.  [24:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3230; NCL § 7911] — (NRS A 2017, 708, 3557; R 2017, 3560, effective January 1, 2028)
NV Rev Stat § 533.125 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.125 - Commencement of taking of proofs; extension of time; determination of rights if claimant neglects or refuses to make proof; defective proof or map; filing corrected proof of map. [Effective through December 31, 2027.]

  1. The State Engineer shall commence the taking of any proofs not submitted pursuant to NRS 533.087 on the date fixed and named in the notice provided for in NRS 533.095 for the commencement of the taking of proofs. The State Engineer shall proceed therewith during the period fixed by the State Engineer and named in the notice, after which no proofs shall be received by or filed by the State Engineer. The State Engineer may, in his or her discretion, for cause shown, extend the time in which proofs may be filed.  2. Upon neglect or refusal of any person to make proof of his or her claim or rights in or to the waters of such stream system, as required by this chapter, prior to the expiration of the period fixed by the State Engineer during which proofs may be filed, the State Engineer shall determine the right of such person from such evidence as the State Engineer may obtain or may have on file in the Office of the State Engineer in the way of maps, plats, surveys and transcripts, and exceptions to such determination may be filed in court, as provided in this chapter.  3. If a proof of appropriation or a supporting map is found to be defective, it shall be returned with a statement explaining why the proof or map was found to be defective. The date of the return must be marked on the proof or map and a record of the return made in the Office of the State Engineer.   4. A person may file a corrected proof of appropriation or supporting map with the Office of the State Engineer within 60 days after the date of return marked on the proof or map. A defective proof of appropriation or supporting map that is not properly corrected and refiled within 60 days must be rejected. Upon application for an extension of time within the 60-day period, the State Engineer may, in his or her discretion, grant an extension of time not to exceed 60 days in which the person may file the corrected proof of appropriation or supporting map.  [25:140:1913; A 1915, 378; 1919 RL p. 3230; NCL § 7912] — (NRS A 2017, 709, 3558; R 2017, 3560, effective January 1, 2028)
NV Rev Stat § 533.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.130 - Petition to intervene may be filed by interested person not served; contents.

  1. Any person interested in the water of any stream upon whom no service of notice shall have been had of the pendency of proceedings for the determination of the relative rights to the use of water of such stream system, and who shall have no actual knowledge or notice of the pendency of the proceedings, may, at any time prior to the expiration of 6 months after the entry of the determinations of the State Engineer, file a petition to intervene in the proceedings.  2. Such petition shall be under oath and shall contain, among other things:  (a) All matters required by this chapter of claimants who have been duly served with notice of the proceedings; and  (b) A statement that the intervener had no actual knowledge of notice of the pendency of the proceedings.  3. Upon the filing of the petition in intervention granted by the State Engineer, the petitioner shall be allowed to intervene upon such terms as may be equitable, and thereafter shall have all rights provided by this chapter to claimants who have been duly served.  [26:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3230; NCL § 7913] — (NRS A 2017, 709)
NV Rev Stat § 533.135 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.135 - Fees of State Engineer; disposition.

  1. At the time of submission of proofs of appropriation, the State Engineer shall collect a fee of $60 for a proof of water used for watering livestock purposes. The State Engineer shall collect a fee of $120 for any other character of claim to water.  2. All fees collected as provided in this section must be accounted for in detail and deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the State General Fund.  [27:140:1913; A 1921, 171; NCL § 7914] — (NRS A 1957, 529; 1975, 713; 1981, 1837; 1985, 720; 1989, 1733; 2013, 1234; 2017, 709, 3648)
NV Rev Stat § 533.140 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.140 - Preparation and printing of abstract of proofs of appropriation; preliminary order of determination; notice of availability of evidence and proofs for inspection; service of notice and preliminary order; State Engineer to be present during period that evidence and proofs are available for inspection; posting preliminary order of determination and abstract of proofs on Internet. [Effective through December 31, 2027.]

  1. As soon as practicable after the expiration of the period fixed in which proofs of appropriation may be filed, the State Engineer shall assemble all proofs which have been filed with the State Engineer and prepare, certify and have printed an abstract of all such proofs of appropriation. The State Engineer shall also prepare from the proofs of appropriation and evidence taken or given before the State Engineer, or obtained by the State Engineer, a preliminary order of determination establishing the several rights of claimants to the waters of the stream.  2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, when the abstract of proofs of appropriation and the preliminary order of determination are completed:  (a) The State Engineer shall then prepare a notice fixing and setting a time and place when and where the evidence taken by or filed with the State Engineer and the proofs of claims must be open to the inspection of all interested persons, the period of inspection to be not less than 20 days. The notice shall be deemed an order of the State Engineer as to the matters contained therein.  (b) A copy of the notice, together with a printed copy of the preliminary order of determination and the abstract of proofs of appropriation, must be delivered by the State Engineer, or sent by registered or certified mail, at least 30 days before the first day of such period of inspection, to each person who has appeared and filed a proof of appropriation, as provided in this section.  (c) The State Engineer shall be present at the time and place designated in the notice and allow, during that period, any persons interested to inspect such evidence and proofs of appropriation as have been filed with or taken by the State Engineer in accordance with this chapter.  3. In lieu of sending or serving a copy of the preliminary order of determination and the abstract of proofs of appropriation pursuant to subsection 2, the State Engineer may:  (a) Make available a copy of the preliminary order of determination and the abstract of proofs of appropriation on the Internet website of the Office of the State Engineer; and   (b) Send by registered or certified mail or deliver in person to each person who has filed a proof of appropriation notice that the preliminary order of determination and the abstract of proofs of appropriation are available on the Internet website of the Office of the State Engineer.  [28:140:1913; A 1921, 171; NCL § 7915] — (NRS A 1967, 189; 1969, 1527; 1973, 1478; 1985, 467; 1993, 1700; 1997, 21; 2005, 1092; 2017, 710)
NV Rev Stat § 533.140 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.140 - Preparation and printing of abstract of proofs of appropriation; preliminary order of determination; notice of availability of evidence and proofs for inspection; service of notice and preliminary order; State Engineer to be present during period that evidence and proofs are available for inspection; posting preliminary order of determination and abstract of proofs on Internet. [Effective January 1, 2028.]

  1. As soon as practicable, the State Engineer shall assemble all proofs related to the stream or stream system which have been filed with the State Engineer and prepare, certify and have printed an abstract of all such proofs of appropriation. The State Engineer shall also prepare from the proofs of appropriation and evidence taken or given before the State Engineer, or obtained by the State Engineer, a preliminary order of determination establishing the several rights of claimants to the waters of the stream.  2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, when the abstract of proofs of appropriation and the preliminary order of determination are completed:  (a) The State Engineer shall then prepare a notice fixing and setting a time and place when and where the evidence taken by or filed with the State Engineer and the proofs of claims must be open to the inspection of all interested persons, the period of inspection to be not less than 20 days. The notice shall be deemed an order of the State Engineer as to the matters contained therein.  (b) A copy of the notice, together with a printed copy of the preliminary order of determination and the abstract of proofs of appropriation, must be delivered by the State Engineer, or sent by registered or certified mail, at least 30 days before the first day of such period of inspection, to each person who has filed a proof of appropriation related to the stream or stream system.  (c) The State Engineer shall be present at the time and place designated in the notice and allow, during that period, any persons interested to inspect such evidence and proofs of appropriation as have been filed with the State Engineer in accordance with this chapter.  3. In lieu of sending or serving a copy of the preliminary order of determination and the abstract of proofs of appropriation pursuant to subsection 2, the State Engineer may:  (a) Make available a copy of the preliminary order of determination and the abstract of proofs of appropriation on the Internet website of the Office of the State Engineer; and   (b) Send by registered or certified mail or deliver in person to each person who has filed a proof of appropriation notice that the preliminary order of determination and the abstract of proofs of appropriation are available on the Internet website of the Office of the State Engineer.  [28:140:1913; A 1921, 171; NCL § 7915] — (NRS A 1967, 189; 1969, 1527; 1973, 1478; 1985, 467; 1993, 1700; 1997, 21; 2005, 1092; 2017, 710, 3558, effective January 1, 2028)
NV Rev Stat § 533.145 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.145 - Objections to preliminary order of determination; form and contents of objection.

  1. Any person claiming any interest in the stream system involved in the determination of relative rights to the use of water, whether claiming under vested right or under permit from the State Engineer, may object to any finding, part or portion of the preliminary order of determination made by the State Engineer by filing objections with the State Engineer within 30 days after the evidence and proofs, as provided in NRS 533.140, shall have been opened to public inspection, or within such further time as for good cause shown may be allowed by the State Engineer upon application.  2. Such objections shall be verified by the affidavit of the objector, or the objector’s agent or attorney, and shall state with reasonable certainty the grounds of objection.  [29:140:1913; A 1921, 171; NCL § 7916]