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WA Rev Code § 90.14.044 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.044 - Existing water rights not impaired.

RCW 90.14.044 Existing water rights not impaired.The provisions of chapter 435, Laws of 1985 authorizing the acceptance of a petition for certification filed during the period beginning on July 28, 1985, and ending on midnight, September 1, 1985, shall not affect or impair in any respect whatsoever any water right existing prior to July 28, 1985.[ 1985 c 435 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 90.14.051 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.051 - Statement of claim—Contents—Short form.

RCW 90.14.051 Statement of claim—Contents—Short form.The statement of claim for each right shall include substantially the following:(1) The name and mailing address of the claimant.(2) The name of the watercourse or water source from which the right to divert or make use of water is claimed, if available.(3) The quantities of water and times of use claimed.(4) The legal description, with reasonable certainty, of the point or points of diversion and places of use of waters.(5) The purpose of use, including, if for irrigation, the number of acres irrigated.(6) The approximate dates of first putting water to beneficial use for the various amounts and times claimed in subsection (3).(7) The legal doctrine or doctrines upon which the right claimed is based, including if statutory, the specific statute.(8) The sworn statement that the claim set forth is true and correct to the best of claimant's knowledge and belief.Except, however, that any claim for diversion or withdrawal of surface or ground water for those uses described in the exemption from the permit requirements of RCW 90.44.050 may be filed on a short form to be provided by the department. Such short form shall only require inclusion of sufficient data to identify the claimant, source of water, purpose of use and legal description of the land upon which the water is used: PROVIDED, That the provisions of RCW 90.14.081 pertaining to evidentiary value of filed claims shall not apply to claims submitted in short form: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That claimants for such minimal uses may, at their option, file statements of claim on the standard form used by all other claimants.[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 113 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 284 § 14.]NOTES:Severability—1969 ex.s. c 284: See note following RCW 90.48.290.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.061 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.061 - Statement of claim—Filing procedure—Processing of claim—Fee.

RCW 90.14.061 Statement of claim—Filing procedure—Processing of claim—Fee.Filing of a statement of a claim shall take place and be completed upon receipt by the department of ecology, at its office in Olympia, of an original statement signed by the claimant or his or her authorized agent, and two copies thereof. Any person required to file hereunder may file through a designated representative. A company, district, public or municipal corporation, or the United States when furnishing to persons water pertaining to water rights required to be filed under RCW 90.14.041, shall have the right to file one claim on behalf of said persons on a form prepared by the department for the total benefits of each person served; provided that a separate claim shall be filed by such company, district, public or private corporation, or the United States for each operating unit of the filing entity providing such water and for each water source. Within thirty days after receipt of a statement of claim the department shall acknowledge the same by a notation on one copy indicating receipt thereof and the date of receipt, together with the wording of the first sentence of RCW 90.14.081, and shall return said copy by certified or registered mail to the claimant at the address set forth in the statement of claim. No statement of claim shall be accepted for filing by the department of ecology unless accompanied by a two dollar filing fee.[ 2013 c 23 § 605; 1988 c 127 § 74; 1969 ex.s. c 284 § 15.]NOTES:Severability—1969 ex.s. c 284: See note following RCW 90.48.290.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.065 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.065 - Statement of claim—Amendment—Surface water right claim change or transfer—Review of department of ecology's determination.

RCW 90.14.065 Statement of claim—Amendment—Surface water right claim change or transfer—Review of department of ecology's determination.(1)(a) Any person or entity, or successor to such person or entity, having a statement of claim on file with the water rights claims registry may submit to the department of ecology for filing an amendment to such a statement of claim if the submitted amendment is based on:(i) An error in estimation of the quantity of the applicant's water claim prescribed in RCW 90.14.051 if the applicant provides reasons for the failure to claim such right in the original claim;(ii) A change in circumstances not foreseeable at the time the original claim was filed, if such change in circumstances relates only to the manner of transportation or diversion of the water and not to the use or quantity of such water; or(iii) The amendment is ministerial in nature.(b) The department shall accept any such submission and file the same in the registry unless the department by written determination concludes that the requirements of (a)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this subsection have not been satisfied.(2) In addition to subsection (1) of this section, a surface water right claim may be changed or transferred in the same manner as a permit or certificate under RCW 90.03.380, and a water right claim for groundwater may be changed or transferred as provided under RCW 90.03.380 and 90.44.100.(3) Any person aggrieved by a determination of the department may obtain a review thereof by filing a petition for review with the pollution control hearings board within thirty days of the date of the determination by the department. The provisions of RCW 90.14.081 shall apply to any amendment filed or approved under this section.[ 2010 c 285 § 8; 1987 c 93 § 1.]NOTES:Intent—2010 c 285: See note following RCW 90.03.265.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.071 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.071 - Failure to file claim waives and relinquishes right.

RCW 90.14.071 Failure to file claim waives and relinquishes right.Except as provided in *section 5 of this act or as exempted from filing by RCW 90.14.041, any person claiming the right to divert or withdraw waters of the state as set forth in RCW 90.14.041, who fails to file a statement of claim as provided in RCW 90.14.041, 90.14.043, or 90.14.068 and in RCW 90.14.051 and 90.14.061, shall be conclusively deemed to have waived and relinquished any right, title, or interest in said right.[ 1997 c 440 § 3; 1969 ex.s. c 284 § 16.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: Section 5 of this act was vetoed by the governor.Severability—1969 ex.s. c 284: See note following RCW 90.48.290.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.081 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.081 - Filing of claim not deemed adjudication of right—Prima facie evidence.

RCW 90.14.081 Filing of claim not deemed adjudication of right—Prima facie evidence.The filing of a statement of claim does not constitute an adjudication of any claim to the right to use of waters as between the water use claimant and the state, or as between one or more water use claimants and another or others. A statement of claim filed pursuant to RCW 90.14.061 shall be admissible in a general adjudication of water rights as prima facie evidence of the times of use and the quantity of water the claimant was withdrawing or diverting as of the year of the filing, if, but only if, the quantities of water in use and the time of use when a controversy is mooted are substantially in accord with the times of use and quantity of water claimed in the statement of claim. A statement of claim shall not otherwise be evidence of the priority of the claimed water right.[ 1969 ex.s. c 284 § 17.]NOTES:Severability—1969 ex.s. c 284: See note following RCW 90.48.290.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.091 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.091 - Definitions—Water rights notice—Form.

RCW 90.14.091 Definitions—Water rights notice—Form.For the purpose of RCW 90.14.031 through 90.14.121 the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:(1) "Statement of taxes due" means the statement required under RCW 84.56.050.(2) "Notice in writing" means a notice substantially in the following form:WATER RIGHTS NOTICEEvery person, including but not limited to an individual, partnership, association, public or private corporation, city or other municipality, county, state agency and the state of Washington, and the United States of America, when claiming water rights established under the laws of the state of Washington, are hereby notified that all water rights or claimed water rights relating to the withdrawal or diversion of public surface or ground waters of the state, except those water rights based upon authority of a permit or certificate issued by the department of ecology or one of its predecessors, must be registered with the department of ecology, Olympia, Washington not later than June 30, 1974. FAILURE TO REGISTER AS REQUIRED BY LAW WILL RESULT IN A WAIVER AND RELINQUISHMENT OF SAID WATER RIGHT OR CLAIMED WATER RIGHT. For further information contact the Department of Ecology, Olympia, Washington, for a copy of the act and an explanation thereof.[ 1988 c 127 § 75; 1969 ex.s. c 284 § 18.]NOTES:Severability—1969 ex.s. c 284: See note following RCW 90.48.290.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.101 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.101 - Notice of chapter provisions—How given—Requirements.

RCW 90.14.101 Notice of chapter provisions—How given—Requirements.To insure that all persons referred to in RCW 90.14.031 and 90.14.041 are notified of the registration provisions of this chapter, the department of ecology is directed to give notice of the registration provisions of this chapter as follows:(1) It shall cause a notice in writing to be placed in a prominent and conspicuous place in all newspapers of the state having a circulation of more than fifty thousand copies for each week day, and in at least one newspaper published in each county of the state, at least once each year for five consecutive years.(2) It shall cause a notice substantially the same as a notice in writing to be broadcast by each commercial television station operating in the United States and viewed in the state, and by at least one commercial radio station operating from each county of the state having such a station regularly at six month intervals for five consecutive years.(3) It shall cause a notice in writing to be placed in a prominent and conspicuous location in each county courthouse in the state.(4) The county treasurer of each county shall enclose with each mailing of one or more statements of taxes due issued in 1972 a copy of a notice in writing and a declaration that it shall be the duty of the recipient of the statement of taxes due to forward the notice to the beneficial owner of the property. A sufficient number of copies of the notice and declaration shall be supplied to each county treasurer by the director of ecology before the fifteenth day of January, 1972. In the implementation of this subsection the department of ecology shall provide reimbursement to the county treasurer for the reasonable additional costs, if any there may be, incurred by said treasurer arising from the inclusion of a notice in writing as required herein.(5) It shall provide copies of the notice in writing to the press services with offices located in Thurston county during January of the years 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1974.The director of the department may also in his or her discretion give notice in any other manner which will carry out the purposes of this section. Where notice in writing is given pursuant to subsections (1) and (3) of this section, RCW 90.14.041, 90.14.051, and 90.14.071 shall be set forth and quoted in full.[ 2013 c 23 § 606; 1988 c 127 § 76; 1969 ex.s. c 284 § 19.]NOTES:Reviser's note: "this 1969 amendatory act" has been changed to "this chapter" in the first paragraph. "This 1969 amendatory act" [1969 ex.s. c 284] consists of RCW 90.48.290, former RCW 90.48.295, since repealed, RCW 90.22.010 through 90.22.040, 90.14.031 through 90.14.121, 43.27A.190 through 43.27A.220, 43.27A.075, and repeals RCW 43.21.145 and 90.14.030 through 90.14.120.Severability—1969 ex.s. c 284: See note following RCW 90.48.290.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.111 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.111 - Water rights claims registry.

RCW 90.14.111 Water rights claims registry.The department of ecology is directed to establish a registry entitled the "Water Rights Claims Registry". All claims set forth pursuant to RCW 90.14.041, 90.14.051 and 90.14.061 shall be filed in the registry alphabetically and consecutively by control number, and by such other manner as deemed appropriate by the department.[ 1988 c 127 § 77; 1969 ex.s. c 284 § 20.]NOTES:Severability—1969 ex.s. c 284: See note following RCW 90.48.290.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.121 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.121 - Penalty for overstating claim.

RCW 90.14.121 Penalty for overstating claim.The filing of a statement of claim pursuant to RCW 90.14.061 which knowingly provides for an overstatement of a right either in quantities of water or times of use claimed shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both.[ 1969 ex.s. c 284 § 21.]NOTES:Severability—1969 ex.s. c 284: See note following RCW 90.48.290.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.130 - Reversion of rights to state due to nonuse—Notice by order—Relinquishment determinations—Appeal.

RCW 90.14.130 Reversion of rights to state due to nonuse—Notice by order—Relinquishment determinations—Appeal.When it appears to the department of ecology that a person entitled to the use of water has not beneficially used his or her water right or some portion thereof, and it appears that said right has or may have reverted to the state because of such nonuse, as provided by RCW 90.14.160, 90.14.170, or 90.14.180, the department of ecology shall notify such person by order: PROVIDED, That where a company, association, district, or the United States has filed a blanket claim under the provisions of *RCW 90.14.060 for the total benefits of those served by it, the notice shall be served on such company, association, district or the United States and not upon any of its individual water users who may not have used the water or some portion thereof which they were entitled to use. The order shall contain: (1) A description of the water right, including the approximate location of the point of diversion, the general description of the lands or places where such waters were used, the water source, the amount involved, the purpose of use, and the apparent authority upon which the right is based; (2) a statement that unless sufficient cause be shown on appeal the water right will be declared relinquished; and (3) a statement that such order may be appealed to the pollution control hearings board. Any person aggrieved by such an order may appeal it to the pollution control hearings board pursuant to RCW 43.21B.310. The order shall be served by registered or certified mail to the last known address of the person and be posted at the point of division or withdrawal. The order by itself shall not alter the recipient's right to use water, if any.[ 2013 c 23 § 607; 1987 c 109 § 13; 1967 c 233 § 13.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 90.14.060 was repealed by 1969 ex.s. c 284 § 23, which act added new sections relating to the registration of claims for water rights as codified in this chapter.Purpose—Short title—Construction—Rules—Severability—Captions—1987 c 109: See notes following RCW 43.21B.001.Proceedings under this section deemed adjudicative—Application of RCW sections to specific proceedings: RCW 90.14.200.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.150 - Rights arising from permit to withdraw public waters not affected—Extensions.

RCW 90.14.150 Rights arising from permit to withdraw public waters not affected—Extensions.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect any rights or privileges arising from any permit to withdraw public waters or any application for such permit, but the department of ecology shall grant extensions of time to the holder of a preliminary permit only as provided by RCW 90.03.290.[ 1987 c 109 § 100; 1967 c 233 § 15.]NOTES:Purpose—Short title—Construction—Rules—Severability—Captions—1987 c 109: See notes following RCW 43.21B.001.Application to Yakima river basin trust water rights: RCW 90.38.040.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.160 - Relinquishment of right for abandonment or failure to beneficially use without sufficient cause—Prior rights acquired through appropriation, custom or general adjudication.

RCW 90.14.160 Relinquishment of right for abandonment or failure to beneficially use without sufficient cause—Prior rights acquired through appropriation, custom or general adjudication.Any person entitled to divert or withdraw waters of the state through any appropriation authorized by enactments of the legislature prior to enactment of chapter 117, Laws of 1917, or by custom, or by general adjudication, who abandons the same, or who voluntarily fails, without sufficient cause, to beneficially use all or any part of said right to divert or withdraw for any period of five successive years after July 1, 1967, shall relinquish such right or portion thereof, and said right or portion thereof shall revert to the state, and the waters affected by said right shall become available for appropriation in accordance with RCW 90.03.250.[ 1981 c 291 § 1; 1979 ex.s. c 216 § 5; 1967 c 233 § 16.]NOTES:Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 216: See notes following RCW 90.03.245.Effective date—1967 c 233: See RCW 90.14.900.Application to Yakima river basin trust water rights: RCW 90.38.040.Implementation and enforcement of chapter—Proceedings under RCW 90.14.130 deemed adjudicative—Application of RCW sections to specific proceedings: RCW 90.14.200.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.170 - Relinquishment of right for abandonment or failure to beneficially use without sufficient cause—Rights acquired due to ownership of land abutting stream, lake, or watercourse.

RCW 90.14.170 Relinquishment of right for abandonment or failure to beneficially use without sufficient cause—Rights acquired due to ownership of land abutting stream, lake, or watercourse.Any person entitled to divert or withdraw waters of the state by virtue of his or her ownership of land abutting a stream, lake, or watercourse, who abandons the same, or who voluntarily fails, without sufficient cause, to beneficially use all or any part of said right to withdraw or divert said water for any period of five successive years after July 1, 1967, shall relinquish such right or portion thereof, and such right or portion thereof shall revert to the state, and the waters affected by said right shall become available for appropriation in accordance with the provisions of RCW 90.03.250.[ 2013 c 23 § 608; 1967 c 233 § 17.]NOTES:Effective date—1967 c 233: See RCW 90.14.900.Application to Yakima river basin trust water rights: RCW 90.38.040.Availability for other uses qualified: RCW 90.14.160.Implementation and enforcement of chapter—Application of RCW sections to specific proceedings: RCW 90.14.200.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.180 - Relinquishment of right for abandonment or failure to beneficially use without sufficient cause—Future rights acquired through appropriation.

RCW 90.14.180 Relinquishment of right for abandonment or failure to beneficially use without sufficient cause—Future rights acquired through appropriation.Any person hereafter entitled to divert or withdraw waters of the state through an appropriation authorized under RCW 90.03.330, 90.44.080, or 90.44.090 who abandons the same, or who voluntarily fails, without sufficient cause, to beneficially use all or any part of said right to withdraw for any period of five successive years shall relinquish such right or portion thereof, and such right or portion thereof shall revert to the state, and the waters affected by said right shall become available for appropriation in accordance with RCW 90.03.250. All certificates hereafter issued by the department of ecology pursuant to RCW 90.03.330 shall expressly incorporate this section by reference.[ 1987 c 109 § 101; 1967 c 233 § 18.]NOTES:Purpose—Short title—Construction—Rules—Severability—Captions—1987 c 109: See notes following RCW 43.21B.001.Application to Yakima river basin trust water rights: RCW 90.38.040.Availability for other uses qualified: RCW 90.14.160.Implementation and enforcement of chapter—Application of RCW sections to specific proceedings: RCW 90.14.200.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.190 - Water resources decisions—Appeals—Attorneys' fees.

RCW 90.14.190 Water resources decisions—Appeals—Attorneys' fees.Any person feeling aggrieved by any decision of the department of ecology may have the same reviewed pursuant to RCW 43.21B.310. In any such review, the findings of fact as set forth in the report of the department of ecology shall be prima facie evidence of the fact of any waiver or relinquishment of a water right or portion thereof. If the hearings board affirms the decision of the department, a party seeks review in superior court of that hearings board decision pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW, and the court determines that the party was injured by an arbitrary, capricious, or erroneous order of the department, the court may award reasonable attorneys' fees.[ 1987 c 109 § 14; 1967 c 233 § 19.]NOTES:Purpose—Short title—Construction—Rules—Severability—Captions—1987 c 109: See notes following RCW 43.21B.001.Application to Yakima river basin trust water rights: RCW 90.38.040.