TITLE 42

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE — WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION

CHAPTER 14

ADJUDICATION OF WATER RIGHTS

42-1419.  Entry of an order commencing a general adjudication on a special docket — Constructive notice — Filing of certified copy of order in other counties. (1) The clerk of the district court shall enter an order commencing a general adjudication on a special docket for water right adjudications in addition to any other district court record.

(2)  From the time of docketing and not before, any order commencing a general adjudication is constructive notice of the contents thereof, within the county in which the order is docketed, to subsequent purchasers and mortgagees.

(3)  The director shall file a true and certified copy of any order commencing a general adjudication with the district court for each county of this state where the water system to be adjudicated is located. The clerk of the district court shall file and docket the same as provided in subsection (1) of this section. From the time of such docketing and not before, the order so docketed is constructive notice of the contents thereof within the county in which the order is docketed to subsequent purchasers and mortgagees.

History:

[42-1419, added 1986, ch. 220, sec. 19, p. 579.]