TITLE 8. WATER RIGHTS

Title 8 enacted 1872.

§§ 1414–1422 · 9 sections

• § 1414 As between appropriators, the one first in time is the first in right.
• § 1415 A person desiring to appropriate water must post a notice, in writing, in a conspicuous place at the point of intended diversion, stating therein: 1. That he…
• § 1416 Within sixty days after the notice is posted, the claimant must commence the excavation or construction of the works in which he intends to divert the water,…
• § 1417 By “completion” is meant conducting the waters to the place of intended use.
• § 1418 By a compliance with the above rules the claimant’s right to the use of the water relates back to the time the notice was posted.
• § 1419 A failure to comply with such rules deprives the claimants of the right to the use of the water as against a subsequent claimant who complies therewith.
• § 1420 Persons who have heretofore claimed the right to water, and who have not constructed works in which to divert it, and who have not diverted nor applied it to…
• § 1421 The Recorder of each county must keep a book, in which he must record the notices provided for in this Title.
• § 1422 If the place of intended diversion or any part of the route of intended conveyance of water so claimed, be within, and a part of, any national park, forest…