{"code":"WAT","codeName":"Water Code","section":"1460","citation":"Wat. Code, § 1460","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. WATER [1000. - 5951.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 2. APPROPRIATION OF WATER [1200. - 1851.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 7. Priorities [1450. - 1491.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-7"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Preferred Priorities of Municipalities [1460. - 1464.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-7/article-3"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The application for a permit by a municipality for the use of water for the municipality or the inhabitants thereof for domestic purposes shall be considered first in right, irrespective of whether it is first in time.</p>","text":"The application for a permit by a municipality for the use of water for the municipality or the inhabitants thereof for domestic purposes shall be considered first in right, irrespective of whether it is first in time.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/preferred-priorities-of-municipalities-1460","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}