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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. The State Engineer shall, in addition, enclose with the notice to be mailed as provided in subsection 4 of NRS 533.095, blank forms upon which a claimant who has not submitted proof pursuant to NRS 533.087 shall present in writing all particulars necessary for the determination of the claimant's right in or to the waters of the stream system. The form for a proof of appropriation must include the following:
(a) The name and mailing address of the claimant.
(b) The nature of the right or use on which the claim for appropriation is based.
(c) The time of the initiation of such right, the priority date claimed and a description of the place of diversion and works of diversion and distribution.
(d) The date of beginning of construction.
(e) The date when completed.
(f) The dates of beginning and completion of enlargements.
(g) The dimensions of the ditch as originally constructed and as enlarged.
(h) The date when water was first used for irrigation or other beneficial purposes.
(i) If the water was used for irrigation, the number of acres irrigated the first year, the number of acres irrigated in subsequent years, the dates of irrigation, the area and location of the lands which were irrigated, the character of the soil and the kind of crops cultivated, the rate of diversion and the number of acre-feet of water per annum required to irrigate the land.
(j) If the water was used for a beneficial purpose other than irrigation, the rate of diversion and the number of acre-feet of water used annually.
(k) If the water was used for watering livestock, the number and type of livestock.
(l) Any other facts as will show the extent and nature of the right and compliance with the law in acquiring the same, as may be required by the State Engineer.
2. A claimant must submit a separate proof of appropriation for each source of water of the stream system in which or to which the claimant claims a right.
3. The proof of appropriation submitted by the claimant must be accompanied by a map prepared, except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, in accordance with and depicting any information required pursuant to the requirements of subsections 3 and 4 of NRS 533.100.
4. If the map submitted with a proof of appropriation is prepared for water used for watering livestock, the map must be on a scale of 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 further identifying the location or extent of the livestock use by one-sixteenth sections within a numbered section, township and range.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 48. Water § 533.115. Blank forms enclosed with notice; form of proof; preparation of map - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-48-water/nv-rev-st-533-115/
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