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WY Stat § 41-4-502 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 5 - Application for Permit for Appropriation; Procedure|Section 41-4-502 - Application for Permit to Acquire Right to Beneficial Use of Public Water; Duty of State Engineer Upon Receipt; Use for Irrigation Purposes; Defective Applications; Corrections; Cancellation; Extensions.

41-4-502. Application for permit to acquire right to beneficial use of public water; duty of state engineer upon receipt; use for irrigation purposes; defective applications; corrections; cancellation; extensions.| On receipt of an application for a permit to acquire the right to the beneficial use of the public water of the state of Wyoming, which application shall be on a form prescribed or designated by the state engineer, it is the state engineer's duty to date the application and to make a record of receipt of the application in his office. It is the state engineer's duty to examine all applications to ascertain that they contain all the necessary information to show the location, nature and amount of the proposed beneficial use. If the proposed beneficial use is for irrigation purposes, the application shall give the total acreage to be irrigated and the acreage in each legal subdivision of land proposed to be irrigated. If, upon such examination, an application submitted in hard copy is found defective, it is the duty of the state engineer to return the application for correction, with reasons therefor, and the time allowed within which to make such corrections, which shall not be less than ninety (90) days, shall be endorsed on the application, or by correspondence accompanying the return of the application, and a record made thereof. A like record shall be kept of the date of the return of corrected applications, and of the date of the refusal and return of applications rejected. If the application is submitted in hard copy, the defective application shall be returned by United States postal service or by other generally accepted mail delivery method to the post-office address given by the applicant. If the application is submitted electronically, the defective application shall be returned electronically. If, at the expiration of the time allowed within which to make such corrections, the application has not been returned to the office of the state engineer with the corrections properly made, it is the duty of the state engineer to cancel the filing covered by the application. The state engineer, if in his opinion an extension is justified, or, upon request by the applicant for good cause shown, shall grant extensions of time for making corrections. However, extensions will not be granted if the request for the extension is received after the expiration of the time period the applicant seeks to extend.
WY Stat § 41-4-503 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 5 - Application for Permit for Appropriation; Procedure|Section 41-4-503 - Recordation; Approval or Rejection Generally.

41-4-503. Recordation; approval or rejection generally.| All applications which shall comply with the provisions of this chapter, and with the regulations of the engineer's office, shall be recorded in a suitable book kept for that purpose; and it shall be the duty of the state engineer to approve all applications made in proper form, which contemplate the application of the water to a beneficial use and where the proposed use does not tend to impair the value of existing rights, or be otherwise detrimental to the public welfare. But where there is no unappropriated water in the proposed source of supply, or where the proposed use conflicts with existing rights, or threatens to prove detrimental to the public interest, it shall be the duty of the state engineer to reject such application and refuse to issue the permit asked for.
WY Stat § 41-4-504 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 5 - Application for Permit for Appropriation; Procedure|Section 41-4-504 - Endorsement by State Engineer; Return to Applicant; Effect of Approval or Rejection.

41-4-504. Endorsement by state engineer; return to applicant; effect of approval or rejection.| The refusal or approval of an application shall be endorsed thereon and a record made of such endorsement in the state engineer's office. The application so endorsed shall be returned to the applicant. If approved, the applicant shall be authorized, on receipt thereof, to proceed with the construction of the necessary works, and to take all steps required to apply the water to a beneficial use, and to perfect the proposed appropriation. If the application is refused, the applicant shall take no steps toward the prosecution of the proposed work, or the diversion and use of the public water so long as such refusal shall continue in force. Any violation of this section, unless exempt under W.S. 41-3-301, shall be punishable pursuant to W.S. 41-3-616(a).
WY Stat § 41-4-505 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 5 - Application for Permit for Appropriation; Procedure|Section 41-4-505 - Additional Information Before Approval or Rejection.

41-4-505. Additional information before approval or rejection.| (a) Before either approving or rejecting an application, the state engineer may require such additional information as will enable him to properly guard the public interests, and may, in the case of applications proposing to divert more than twenty-five (25) cubic feet of water per second of time, or to reclaim over one thousand (1,000) acres of land, require a statement of the following facts:  (i) In case of incorporated companies, he may require the submission of the articles of incorporation, the names and places of residence of its directors and officers, and the amount of its authorized and of its paid up capital;  (ii) If the applicant is not an incorporated company, he may require a showing as to the name or names of the party or parties proposing to construct the work, and a showing of facts necessary to enable him to determine whether or not they have the financial ability to carry out the proposed work, and whether or not the said application has been made in good faith.
WY Stat § 41-4-506 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 5 - Application for Permit for Appropriation; Procedure|Section 41-4-506 - Time Limits for Completing Construction Work; Extensions; Forfeiture of Rights; Cancellation of Permit; Notice of Date of Expiration to Appropriator.

41-4-506. Time limits for completing construction work; extensions; forfeiture of rights; cancellation of permit; notice of date of expiration to appropriator.| Whenever the state engineer places his endorsement of approval on any application for a water permit, he shall require that actual construction work be completed within the time set by him in the permit. The time set for completion shall not exceed a period of five (5) years after the date of approval of application. In the case of an application for a ditch permit, he shall further require that the application of the water to beneficial use must be completed before the date which he shall specify, and which shall not be earlier than the date specified for the completion of construction; and that final proof of appropriation must be submitted within five (5) years after the date specified for the completion of the application of the water to beneficial use. He may limit the application to a less period of time for the completion of construction and application of water to beneficial use than is asked for in the application. For good cause shown, the state engineer may at any time, or from time to time, before the date of expiration, extend any or all of these periods. An extension of time for compliance with any of the specified requirements shall be construed to automatically extend for a like period the time for compliance with any of the specific requirements in relation to which the time expires thereafter. Default by the holder of the permit in any of the specified requirements shall work a forfeiture of the water right involved. The state engineer may upon such default cancel the permit. The state engineer shall, at least three (3) months before default in any of these requirements shall be operative, notify the permit holder when the time allowed will expire. Notification may be delivered by United States postal service, by other generally accepted mail delivery method to the post-office address given by the permit holder or by email or other electronic means that provides actual notice to the permit holder. If the permit holder cannot be reached by mail or by email, the state engineer shall notify the permit holder by certified mail to the permit holder's last known address and shall publish notice of the default on the state engineer's official website and for three (3) weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county, or in case there is no newspaper of general circulation published in the county, then in a newspaper published in the state of Wyoming and in general circulation in the county, the last publication to be at least two (2) months before cancellation of the permit.
WY Stat § 41-4-508 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 5 - Application for Permit for Appropriation; Procedure|Section 41-4-508 - Maps and Plats; Examination; Approval; Filing; Return of Copy.

41-4-508. Maps and plats; examination; approval; filing; return of copy.| It shall be the duty of the state engineer to examine these maps or plats and to ascertain if they agree with the description contained in the application, and when found to agree, or made to agree, to approve the same, file one (1) copy in his office and return the other, approved, to the party filing them. These maps or plats may be received and maintained by the state engineer in an electronic format.
WY Stat § 41-4-509 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 5 - Application for Permit for Appropriation; Procedure|Section 41-4-509 - Maps and Plats; Additional Information; Longitudinal Profiles of Ditches.

41-4-509. Maps and plats; additional information; longitudinal profiles of ditches.| In case of ditches or canals carrying more than fifty (50) cubic feet of water per second, the engineer may require, in addition to the maps or plats above described, the following: a longitudinal profile of the ditch showing the bottom and proposed water line; the horizontal scale of this line shall not be less than one (1) inch to one thousand (1,000) feet, and the vertical scale not less than one (1) inch to twenty (20) feet. If submitted electronically, the file shall be capable of reproduction at these scales.
WY Stat § 41-4-510 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 5 - Application for Permit for Appropriation; Procedure|Section 41-4-510 - Maps and Plats; Additional Information; Cross Section Plans; Plans of Obstructions; Reservoir Specifications; Field Notes.

41-4-510. Maps and plats; additional information; cross section plans; plans of obstructions; reservoir specifications; field notes.| The engineer may require, in addition to the maps and plats above described, a plan showing cross sections at a sufficient number of points to show the different forms which the ditch, when completed, will take, and showing what proportion of the water is to be conveyed in excavation and what proportion to be conveyed in fill. These plans shall be drawn, or be capable of being drawn and printed if submitted electronically, on a horizontal and vertical scale of one (1) inch to twenty (20) feet. Plans of any dams, cribs, embankments or other proposed work to obstruct any river, stream, lake or pond, or other source of water supply, shall be drawn on a longitudinal scale of not less than one (1) inch to two hundred (200) feet, and for cross sections on a scale of not less than one (1) inch to twenty (20) feet; and shall show what material is intended to be used and placed in such work. Timber, brush, stone or other material except earth used in such works shall be shown in detail on a plan, the scale of which shall not be less than one (1) inch to four (4) feet. The maps of all proposed reservoirs shall show the surface of the ground under water, and a sufficient number of lines of level shall be shown so that the contents of the reservoir or basin may be approximately determined. If the levels shall be shown by contour lines they shall be on a scale sufficiently large to show vertical levels not exceeding five (5) feet, and with all such reservoir plans there shall be furnished a plan, on a scale of not less than one (1) inch to four (4) feet, showing the method of providing a wasteway for such reservoir, and method of drawing off the water from such reservoir or basin. If the state engineer deems it necessary he may require the submission of complete plans and specifications for his approval. He may also require the filing of field notes of canal and reservoir surveys.
WY Stat § 41-4-512 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 5 - Application for Permit for Appropriation; Procedure|Section 41-4-512 - Final Proof of Appropriation; Date of Priority.

41-4-512. Final proof of appropriation; date of priority.| The priority of such appropriation shall date from the filing of the application in the engineer's office.
WY Stat § 41-4-513 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 5 - Application for Permit for Appropriation; Procedure|Section 41-4-513 - Adjudication of Underground Water Rights.

41-4-513. Adjudication of underground water rights.| After issuance of a permit, or recording of a statement of claim, or registration of a well, under the procedures provided for by law, and completion of the work according to the terms of the permit, as certified to by the state engineer or his authorized representative following an inspection of the work, and the recording of such information as is deemed necessary concerning the works, and an inspection of the lands irrigated or of the other uses being made of the water, the board of control may adjudicate such underground water rights upon proof of beneficial use being submitted as provided for by W.S. 41-4-511. The appropriator shall pay the necessary fees as provided by W.S. 41-4-511.
WY Stat § 41-4-515 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 5 - Application for Permit for Appropriation; Procedure|Section 41-4-515 - Endorsement of Correction on Records.

41-4-515. Endorsement of correction on records.| When any permit is corrected by the state engineer, as authorized by this act, the corrections shall be endorsed on the records and shall not affect the priority of the permit.
WY Stat § 41-4-516 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 5 - Application for Permit for Appropriation; Procedure|Section 41-4-516 - Rules and Regulations Authorized for w.s. 41-4-514 Through 41-4-516.

41-4-516. Rules and regulations authorized for W.S. 41-4-514 through 41-4-516.| The state engineer is hereby authorized to provide rules and regulations regarding the form of application and procedure to be followed by the applicant in proceeding under this act.
WY Stat § 41-4-517 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 5 - Application for Permit for Appropriation; Procedure|Section 41-4-517 - Appeal From Action of State Engineer or Order of Board of Control.

41-4-517. Appeal from action of state engineer or order of board of control.| Any applicant who is aggrieved by the endorsement made by the state engineer upon his application, may, in writing, in an informal manner and without pleadings of any character, appeal to the board of control within sixty (60) days of the date of receipt of notice of the endorsement, for an examination and reversal of any such action of the state engineer. Upon receipt of such an appeal, the secretary of the board of control shall notify the members of the board of control and upon receipt of replies from them shall fix a date, as early as may be possible, when such appeal shall be heard before the board. All parties and those who claim an adverse interest thereto, shall be notified and shall be given an opportunity to be heard. Any person aggrieved by any order or determination of the board of control in cases embracing such appeals from the state engineer, may appeal to the district court of the county in which the greatest use of water is proposed to be made under the application. The procedure in the appeal from a decision of the board of control shall be in conformity with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure. The attorney general shall, in such cases, represent the state board of control.
WY Stat § 41-5-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 5 - Irrigation Generally|Article 1 - Care, Maintenance and Protection of Irrigation Works|Section 41-5-101 - Ditches; Generally.

41-5-101. Ditches; generally.| The owner or owners of any ditch for irrigation, or other purposes, shall carefully maintain the embankments thereof so that the water of such ditch may not flood or damage the premises of others.
WY Stat § 41-5-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 5 - Irrigation Generally|Article 1 - Care, Maintenance and Protection of Irrigation Works|Section 41-5-102 - Ditches; Jointly Owned; Action to Recover Proportionate Share of Work.

41-5-102. Ditches; jointly owned; action to recover proportionate share of work.| In all cases where irrigating ditches are owned by two (2) or more persons and one (1) or more of such persons shall fail or neglect to do his, her or their proportionate share of the work necessary for the proper maintenance and operation of such ditch or ditches or to construct suitable head gates or measuring devices at the points where water is diverted from the main ditch, such owner or owners desiring the performance of such work as is reasonably necessary to maintain the ditch, may, after having given ten (10) days written notice to such owner or owners who have failed to perform his, her or their proportionate share of such work, necessary for the operation and maintenance of said ditch or ditches, perform his, her or their share of such work, and recover therefor from such person or persons so failing to perform his, her or their share of such work in any competent court having jurisdiction of the matter, the expense or value of such work or labor so performed.
WY Stat § 41-5-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 5 - Irrigation Generally|Article 1 - Care, Maintenance and Protection of Irrigation Works|Section 41-5-103 - Ditches; Jointly Owned; Lien for Work.

41-5-103. Ditches; jointly owned; lien for work.| Upon the failure of any co-owner to pay his proportionate share of such expense as mentioned in W.S. 41-5-102, within thirty (30) days after receiving a statement of the same as performed by his co-owner or owners, such person or persons so performing such labor may secure payment of said claim by filing an itemized and sworn statement thereof, setting forth the date of the performance and the nature of the labor so performed, with the county clerk of the county wherein said ditch is situated, and when so filed it shall constitute a valid lien against the interest of such person or persons who shall fail to perform their proportionate share of the work requisite to the proper maintenance of said ditch, which said lien when so taken may be enforced in the same manner as provided by law for the enforcement of construction liens.
WY Stat § 41-5-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 5 - Irrigation Generally|Article 1 - Care, Maintenance and Protection of Irrigation Works|Section 41-5-104 - Ditches; Bridge to Be Built When Ditch Crosses Public Roads; Costs of Construction; Failure to Comply.

41-5-104. Ditches; bridge to be built when ditch crosses public roads; costs of construction; failure to comply.| When any such ditch or watercourse shall be constructed across any public traveled road, and not bridged within three (3) days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the county in which said ditch and road are located, to put a bridge over said ditch or watercourse, and call upon the owner or owners of said ditch or watercourse to pay the expenses of constructing said bridge, and if payment thereof be refused, a civil action may be maintained for the recovery of the same, together with all accruing costs.
WY Stat § 41-5-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 5 - Irrigation Generally|Article 1 - Care, Maintenance and Protection of Irrigation Works|Section 41-5-105 - When Capital Stock of Irrigation Companies Assessable for Maintenance.

41-5-105. When capital stock of irrigation companies assessable for maintenance.| Any ditch or irrigation company or association, all the property or capital stock of which is owned by farmers or others, owning lands under the line of such company's or association's ditch, and receiving water therefrom, by reason of their being owners or stockholders in said company or association, shall have the right to levy and collect such annual assessments on the capital stock of said company, or members or owners of such association, whether said capital stock be fully paid up or otherwise, as may be deemed necessary by the trustees of said company, or a majority of the stock of such association, for the purpose of maintaining its ditches, flumes, tunnels, and the payment of all necessary expenses of such company; provided, that this section shall only apply to such water companies or associations whose capital stock or ditch property is wholly owned by persons or corporations owning land under the line of their ditches, and using water therefrom by reason of being such stockholders in said companies; and provided further, that said company or association shall have the right to close the headgate and refuse water to all such stockholders, owners or members who fail or refuse to pay said assessments after ten (10) days notice thereof, in writing, made by the president, agent or attorney of said company or association.
WY Stat § 41-5-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 5 - Irrigation Generally|Article 1 - Care, Maintenance and Protection of Irrigation Works|Section 41-5-106 - Keeping Fish Out of Irrigation Systems.

41-5-106. Keeping fish out of irrigation systems.| The game and fish department of the state of Wyoming may construct and maintain, at or near the point of diversion where the water of any stream or reservoir is diverted by any means of conveyance from its natural channel, some fit and proper device whereby all fish will be prevented from entering said means of conveyance; provided, such device does not obstruct or diminish the flow of water through said means of conveyance; and provided further that the determination as to obstruction shall be within the discretion of the water commissioner of the district within which such structure is placed subject to appeal to the division superintendent, and from the decision of the division superintendent to the state engineer.