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NV Rev Stat § 533.460 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.460 - Unauthorized use or willful waste of water; prima facie evidence.

The unauthorized use of water to which another person is entitled, or the willful waste of water to the detriment of another, shall be a misdemeanor, and the possession or use of such water without legal right shall be prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person using or diverting it.  [81:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3247; NCL § 7967]
NV Rev Stat § 533.463 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.463 - Unlawful diversion and waste of water during irrigating season; penalty.

  1. It is an unlawful use and waste of water for any person during the irrigating season:  (a) To divert and conduct the water, or portion thereof, of any river, creek, or stream into any slough, dam or pond and retain, or cause the water to be held or retained therein, without making any other use of the water; or  (b) To divert and conduct the water, or portion thereof, away from any river, creek or stream, and run or allow the water to run to waste on sagebrush or greasewood land.  The irrigation of unimproved pasture which has a surface water right shall not be deemed to be a waste of water.  2. Any person who wastes water in violation of any of the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.  [1:48:1889; C § 430; RL § 4721; NCL § 8006] + [2:48:1889; C § 431; RL § 4722; NCL § 8007] — (NRS A 1967, 609; 1983, 352)
NV Rev Stat § 533.465 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.465 - Interference with headgate, water box or water; prima facie evidence.

  1. Any person who shall willfully open, close, change or interfere with any lawfully established headgate or water box without authority, or who shall willfully use water or conduct water into or through the person’s ditch which has been lawfully denied the person by the State Engineer, the State Engineer’s assistants or water commissioners, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  2. The possession or use of water when the same shall have been lawfully denied by the State Engineer or other competent authority shall be prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person using it.  [55:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3237; NCL § 7940]
NV Rev Stat § 533.470 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.470 - Employment of guards to prevent unlawful diversions of water; payment of guards’ salaries.

Whenever, in the pursuance of his or her duties, the State Engineer finds it necessary to employ guards to prevent unlawful diversions of water in any ditch or ditch system, the salaries of such guards shall be charged against the owner or owners of the ditch or ditch system and become a valid lien against the lands having water rights thereunder. The costs shall be assessed against these lands and collected in the same manner as provided in NRS 533.445 for the distribution of waters from reservoirs on the stream system.  [55a:140:1913; added 1933, 138; A 1945, 87; 1943 NCL § 7940.01]
NV Rev Stat § 533.475 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.475 - Power of State Engineer and assistants to make arrests.

The State Engineer and the assistants of the State Engineer shall have power to arrest any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 533.005 to 533.470, inclusive, and to turn that person over to the sheriff or other competent police officer within the county. Immediately on delivering any such person so arrested into the custody of the sheriff, the State Engineer or assistant making such arrest shall immediately, in writing, and upon oath, make a complaint before the justice of the peace against the person so arrested.  [57:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3238; NCL § 7942] — (NRS A 2017, 1433)
NV Rev Stat § 533.480 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.480 - Penalties.

Any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 533.005 to 533.475, inclusive, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  [58:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3238; NCL § 7943] + [83:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3247; NCL § 7969] — (NRS A 1967, 609; 2017, 1433)
NV Rev Stat § 533.481 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.481 - Additional penalties.

  1. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the State Engineer may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, require a person who violates any provision of this chapter or any permit, certificate, order or decision issued or regulation adopted by the State Engineer pursuant to this chapter or NRS 532.120 to:  (a) Pay an administrative fine not to exceed $10,000 per day for each violation as determined by the State Engineer.  (b) In the case of an unauthorized use or willful waste of water in violation of NRS 533.460 or an unlawful diversion of water in violation of NRS 533.463, or any other violation of this chapter that, as determined by the State Engineer, results in an unlawful use, waste or diversion of water, replace not more than 200 percent of the water used, wasted or diverted.  2. If an administrative fine is imposed against a person pursuant to subsection 1 or the person is ordered to replace any water pursuant to that subsection, the State Engineer may require the person to pay the costs of the proceeding, including investigative costs and attorney’s fees.  3. An order imposing an administrative fine or requiring the replacement of water or the payment of costs or fees pursuant to this section may be reviewed by a district court pursuant to NRS 533.450.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 2014)
NV Rev Stat § 533.482 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.482 - Injunctive and other relief.

  1. The State Engineer may seek injunctive relief in the appropriate court to prevent the continuance or occurrence of any act or practice which violates any provision of this chapter, or any permit, certificate, decision or order issued or regulation adopted by the State Engineer pursuant to this chapter or NRS 532.120.  2. On a showing by the State Engineer that a person is engaged, or is about to engage, in any act or practice which violates or will violate any provision of this chapter, or any permit, certificate, decision or order issued or regulation adopted by the State Engineer pursuant to this chapter or NRS 532.120, the court may issue, without a bond, any prohibitory or mandatory injunction that the facts may warrant, including a temporary restraining order issued ex parte or, after notice and hearing, a preliminary or permanent injunction.  3. Failure to establish lack of an adequate remedy at law or irreparable harm is not a ground for denying a request for a temporary restraining order or injunction.  4. The court may require the posting of a sufficient performance bond or other security to ensure compliance with the court order within the period prescribed.  5. Any proceeding conducted or injunction or order issued pursuant to this section is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other penalty or remedy available for a violation specified in this section.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 2015)
NV Rev Stat § 533.485 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.485 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 533.485 to 533.510, inclusive:  1. "Public range" means all lands belonging to the United States and to the State of Nevada on which livestock are permitted to graze, including lands set apart as national forests and lands reserved for other purposes.  2. "Range livestock" means livestock which during the general period or season when they are being or are proposed to be watered at the place involved are subsisting chiefly or entirely by grazing on the public range.  [6:201:1925; NCL § 7984] — (NRS A 2013, 503, 3679)
NV Rev Stat § 533.490 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.490 - Watering livestock declared beneficial use.

  1. The use of water for watering livestock is hereby declared to be a beneficial use except as provided in NRS 533.495. Subject to such exception, the right to use water for that purpose may be acquired in the same manner as the right to use water for any other beneficial purpose.  2. On application to the State Engineer for any such right, it shall not be necessary for the applicant to state or prove or for the State Engineer to determine in cubic feet per second of time the quantity of water the use of which is applied for or granted, but in all such applications and in all proceedings connected therewith and, also, in all proceedings either before the State Engineer or the courts relating to the proof or establishment of a vested right to use water for watering livestock, it shall be a sufficient measure of the quantity of the water to specify the number and kind of animals to be watered or which have been watered, as the case may be. This subsection is not intended to imply that prior to April 1, 1925, it was necessary to specify, prove or determine the quantity of water in cubic feet per second, but is meant only to remove for the future any uncertainty that may have existed as to such necessity.  [1:201:1925; NCL § 7979]
NV Rev Stat § 533.492 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.492 - Subsisting right to water livestock: Manner of proof; marking of location of right.

  1. A subsisting right to water livestock may be proven by an owner of livestock by one or more of the following items of evidence for the number of livestock and date of priority:  (a) As to water rights on open range, whether public lands or unfenced private lands or a combination of these:  (1) A statement of priority of use submitted to the Taylor Grazing Service, predecessor to the Bureau of Land Management, to show the numbers of livestock grazed upon the open range, for years from 1928 to 1934, inclusive, if accompanied by evidence of changes or absence of change since the date of the statement;  (2) A license issued by the Taylor Grazing Service for use upon the open range; or  (3) A statement of priority of use, or a license, issued by the United States Forest Service for the grazing of livestock before 1950.  (b) As to water rights on other privately owned land:  (1) An affidavit concerning the number and kind of livestock by a person familiar with the use made of the lands;  (2) A record of livestock assessed to the claimant of the right, or the claimant’s predecessor, by a county assessor;  (3) A count of livestock belonging to the claimant or the claimant’s predecessor made by a lender; or  (4) An affidavit of a disinterested person.  2. The location of a subsisting right to water livestock and its extent along a stream may be shown by marking upon a topographic map whose scale is 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 by further identifying the location or extent by one-sixteenth sections within a numbered section, township and range as certified by a registered state water right surveyor.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1944; A 2017, 3504)
NV Rev Stat § 533.493 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.493 - Recognition of adjudicated rights to water livestock from streams by State Engineer.

Within a stream system or groundwater basin where rights have been adjudicated, the State Engineer shall recognize rights to water livestock from streams, whether or not in conjunction with a right to use water for irrigation, which are established by a vested water right, a subsisting right shown as provided in NRS 533.492 or a permit issued by the State Engineer.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1944)
NV Rev Stat § 533.495 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.495 - Subsisting rights not to be impaired.

Whenever one or more persons shall have a subsisting right to water range livestock at a particular place and in sufficient numbers to utilize substantially all that portion of the public range readily available to livestock watering at that place, no appropriation of water from either the same or a different source shall subsequently be made by another for the purpose of watering range livestock in such numbers and in such proximity to the watering place first mentioned as to enable the proposed appropriator to deprive the owner or owners of the existing water right of the grazing use of such portion of the public range, or substantially to interfere with or impair the value of such grazing use and of such water right.  [2:201:1925; NCL § 7980]
NV Rev Stat § 533.500 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.500 - Duties of State Engineer concerning approval and rejection of application.

  1. Before approving any application for the right to use water for watering livestock, the State Engineer shall determine, by examination on the ground or otherwise, that the right and use applied for will not contravene the policy of NRS 533.495. If the State Engineer shall determine that the right applied for will contravene such policy, the State Engineer must reject the application.  2. If the water applied for shall be along the course of or in the immediate vicinity of an established or customary driving route for moving livestock from one range to another, the State Engineer may reject the application even if no previous right shall exist for any portion of such water, if the State Engineer shall determine that such water will best subserve the public interest by being reserved for the watering of livestock while so being driven along such customary driving route.  [3:201:1925; NCL § 7981]
NV Rev Stat § 533.503 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.503 - Restrictions on issuance of permit or certificate regarding appropriation to water livestock.

  1. The State Engineer shall not issue a permit to appropriate water for the purpose of watering livestock unless:  (a) The applicant for the permit is legally entitled to place the livestock on the lands for which the permit is sought, and:  (1) Owns, leases or otherwise possesses a legal or proprietary interest in the livestock on or to be placed on the lands for which the permit is sought; or  (2) Has received from a person described in subparagraph (1), authorization to have physical custody of the livestock on or to be placed on the lands for which the permit is sought, and authorization to care for, control and maintain such livestock;  (b) The forage serving the beneficial use of the water to be appropriated is not encumbered by an adjudicated grazing preference recognized pursuant to law for the benefit of a person other than the applicant for the permit; and  (c) The lack of encumbrance required by paragraph (b) is demonstrated by reasonable means, including, without limitation, evidence of a valid grazing permit, other than a temporary grazing permit, that is issued by the appropriate governmental entity to the applicant for the permit.  2. The State Engineer shall not issue a certificate of appropriation based upon a permit to appropriate water for the purpose of watering livestock unless:  (a) The holder of the permit makes satisfactory proof that the water has been beneficially used, is legally entitled to place on the lands the livestock which have been watered pursuant to the permit, and:  (1) Owns, leases or otherwise possesses a legal or proprietary interest in the livestock which have been watered pursuant to the permit; or  (2) Has received from a person described in subparagraph (1), authorization to have physical custody of the livestock which have been watered pursuant to the permit, and authorization to care for, control and maintain such livestock;  (b) The forage serving the beneficial use of the water that has been beneficially used is not encumbered by an adjudicated grazing preference recognized pursuant to law for the benefit of a person other than the holder of the permit; and  (c) The lack of encumbrance required by paragraph (b) is demonstrated by reasonable means, including, without limitation, evidence of a valid grazing permit, other than a temporary grazing permit, that is issued by the appropriate governmental entity to the holder of the permit.  3. This section must not be construed to impair the vested right of any person to the use of water for the purpose of watering livestock or to prevent any transfer of ownership of a water right for the purpose of watering livestock.  4. As used in this section, "grazing preference" means a priority position in the issuance of a permit to graze livestock on the public range.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2522; A 2003, 3411)
NV Rev Stat § 533.504 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.504 - Temporary permit regarding appropriation to water livestock: Application; approval; duration.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 533.495 and 533.503, a person may apply for a temporary permit to appropriate groundwater to water livestock if the point of diversion is located within a county under a declaration of drought, or within a county contiguous to a county under such a declaration, by the:  (a) Governor;  (b) United States Secretary of Agriculture; or   (c) President of the United States.  2. In addition to the information required by NRS 533.335 and 533.340, an applicant for a temporary permit to appropriate groundwater pursuant to this section shall submit to the State Engineer:  (a) An affidavit stating that, if the temporary permit is for a well, the holder of the temporary permit will plug and seal the well pursuant to chapter 534 of NRS upon the expiration of the temporary permit; and  (b) Any other information required by the State Engineer to determine the necessity of the temporary appropriation.  3. The State Engineer shall approve an application for a temporary permit to appropriate groundwater pursuant to this section if:  (a) The application is accompanied by the fee prescribed by this chapter;  (b) The temporary appropriation is in the public interest; and  (c) The temporary appropriation does not impair water rights held by other persons.  4. A temporary permit to appropriate groundwater issued pursuant to this section must not exceed 1 year in duration.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 497; A 2013, 3679)
NV Rev Stat § 533.505 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.505 - Unlawful acts; penalties.

  1. Any person who, without the right so to do, shall, on two or more separate days during any season, water more than 50 head of livestock at the watering place at which another shall have a subsisting right to water more than 50 head of livestock, or within 3 miles of such place, with intent to graze the livestock so watered on the portion of the public range readily accessible to livestock watering at the watering place of such other person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  2. Each day’s watering in violation of this section shall be deemed a separate offense.  3. Whenever, in any prosecution for such offense, it shall appear that the watering by the accused was not done at the watering place of another, but was done within 3 miles thereof, it shall be a sufficient defense for the accused to prove that he or she had no knowledge of the existence of such other watering place.  [4:201:1925; NCL § 7982] — (NRS A 1967, 609)
NV Rev Stat § 533.510 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.510 - Prior rights not affected.

NRS 533.485 to 533.510, inclusive, do not affect the validity of rights to the use of water for watering livestock or other purposes acquired under the previously existing laws of this state or by decree or impair any existing vested or decreed right to the use of water for that purpose.  [5:201:1925; NCL § 7983] — (NRS A 1993, 1944; 2013, 504, 3679)
NV Rev Stat § 533.515 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.515 - Permit for appropriation of water or application to change point of diversion, manner of use or place of use if point of diversion or portion of works is outside state.

  1. No permit for the appropriation of water or application to change the point of diversion, manner of use or place of use under an existing water right may be denied because of the fact that the point of diversion described in the application for the permit, or any portion of the works in the application described and to be constructed for the purpose of storing, conserving, diverting or distributing the water are situated in any other state; but in all such cases where the place of intended use, or the lands, or part of the lands identified as the place of use, are situated within this state, the permit must be issued as in other cases, pursuant to the provisions of NRS 533.324 to 533.450, inclusive, and chapter 534 of NRS.  2. The permit must not purport to authorize the doing or refraining from any act or thing, in connection with the system of appropriation, not properly within the scope of the jurisdiction of this state and the State Engineer to grant.  [1:174:1913; 1919 RL p. 3307; NCL § 7986] — (NRS A 1991, 859; 2017, 3504)
NV Rev Stat § 533.524 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.524 - Appropriation from interstate streams: Right of appropriation having point of diversion and place of use in another state.

Upon any stream flowing across the state boundary, a right of appropriation having the point of diversion and the place of use in another state and recognized by the laws of that state shall have the same force and effect as if the point of diversion and the place of use were in this state if the laws of that state give like force and effect to similar rights acquired in this state.  (Added to NRS by 1957, 155)
NV Rev Stat § 533.525 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.525 - Stored water may be conveyed through streams and reclaimed; conditions.

Any water stored for irrigation or other beneficial purposes may be turned into the channel of any natural stream or watercourse, and mingled with its waters, and then be reclaimed, but, in reclaiming it, water already appropriated by others shall not be diminished in quantity.  [1:49:1899; C § 424; RL § 4715; NCL § 8238]