§ 46-230. Adjudication of water rights; record; duty of appropriation owner to furnish information; notice.
AI-assisted research summary: The Chief Water Officer must record water-right priorities and appropriation details, and certain appropriation owners must provide and update ownership/contact information when requested; the Chief Water Officer may not charge a filing fee for that information.
(1) As the adjudication of a stream progresses and as each claim is finally adjudicated, the Chief Water Officer shall make and cause to be entered of record an order determining and establishing the priorities of right to use the water of such stream, the amount of the appropriation of the persons claiming water from such stream and the character of use for which each appropriation is found to have been made, and the address of the owner of each water appropriation. (2) Whenever requested by the Chief Water Officer, the owner of any appropriation not held by an irrigation district, reclamation district, public power and irrigation district, or mutual irrigation or canal company shall provide the Chief Water Officer with the name, address, and telephone number of each then-current owner of the appropriation and with the name, address, and telephone number of any tenant or other person who is authorized by the owner to receive opening and closing notices and other departmental communications relating to the appropriation. Each appropriation owner shall also notify the Chief Water Officer any time there is a change in any of such names, addresses, or telephone numbers. Notice of ownership changes may be provided to the Chief Water Officer in the manner provided in section 76-2,124 or in any other manner authorized by the Chief Water Officer. If notice of an ownership change is provided other than in accordance with such section, the notice shall include such evidence of ownership as the Chief Water Officer may require. Notice of all other changes may be provided in any manner authorized by the Chief Water Officer. Upon receipt of any new information, the Chief Water Officer shall update the Chief Water Officer's records. The Chief Water Officer shall not collect a fee for the filing of any such information or for updating the Chief Water Officer's records. History: Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. VII, art. V, div. 2, § 10, p. 837; C.S.1922, § 8429; C.S.1929, § 81-6310; Laws 1941, c. 29, § 11, p. 137; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 81-6310; R.S.1943, § 46-230; Laws 1973, LB 186, § 7; Laws 1979, LB 204, § 1; Laws 2000, LB 900, § 102; Laws 2001, LB 667, § 2; Laws 2002, LB 458, § 1; Laws 2004, LB 962, § 11; Laws 2025, LB317, § 83.