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- NRS 32.005 · Tribal government” defined.
- NRS 532.010 · Office created.
- NRS 532.020 · Appointment.
- NRS 532.030 · Qualifications.
- NRS 532.040 · Oath.
- NRS 532.060 · Classification; restrictions on other employment.
- NRS 532.070 · Location of office.
- NRS 532.080 · Seal.
- NRS 532.090 · Appointment of technical, clerical and operational staff; persons appointed to conduct snow surveys exempted from state human resources system.
- NRS 532.100 · Expenses.
- NRS 532.110 · General duties.
- NRS 532.120 · Rules and regulations; regulations governing contests.
- NRS 532.130 · Power to administer oaths.
- NRS 532.140 · Reports.
- NRS 532.150 · Records: Public inspection; certified copies as evidence.
- NRS 532.160 · Duties of Attorney General and district attorneys.
- NRS 532.165 · Duties: Studies and inventories; review of governmental proposals for flood control and water development projects; program to map water rights.
- NRS 532.167 · Duties: Water budget and inventory.
- NRS 532.170 · Agreements concerning use and development of water resources.
- NRS 532.175 · Agreements concerning cooperative management of groundwater basins shared between states.
- NRS 532.180 · Cooperation with United States and California relative to waters of Lake Tahoe and adjacent areas.
- NRS 532.200 · Adjudication Emergency Account.
- NRS 532.210 · Water Distribution Revolving Account.
- NRS 532.220 · Channel Clearance, Maintenance, Restoration, Surveying and Monumenting Program: Establishment; administration; purpose; grant qualification; immunity of state, local and tribal governments; refund of certain fees; certain permits not to be denied for lack of money.
- NRS 532.230 · Account for the Channel Clearance, Maintenance, Restoration, Surveying and Monumenting Program.
- NRS 533.005 · Definitions.
- NRS 533.007 · “Interbasin transfer of groundwater” defined.
- NRS 533.010 · “Person” defined.
- NRS 533.015 · “State Engineer” defined.
- NRS 533.020 · “Stream system” defined.
- NRS 533.023 · “Wildlife purposes” defined.
- NRS 533.024 · Legislative declaration.
- NRS 533.0241 · Duty of State Engineer to reserve certain amount of groundwater.
- NRS 533.0243 · Temporary conversion of agricultural water for certain purposes: Legislative declaration; requirements; duration.
- NRS 533.0245 · State Engineer prohibited from carrying out duties in conflict with certain decrees, orders, compacts or agreements.
- NRS 533.0247 · State Engineer, assistants and agents authorized to enter land to investigate and carry out duties.
- NRS 533.025 · Water belongs to public.
- NRS 533.027 · Applicability of chapter to certain emergency situations to extinguish fires and de minimus collection of precipitation.
- NRS 533.028 · Applicability of chapter to retention or detention of developed stormwater flow for certain purposes in county whose population is less than 700,000.
- NRS 533.030 · Appropriation for beneficial use; use for recreational purpose, developed shortage supply or intentionally created surplus declared beneficial; limitations and exceptions.
- NRS 533.035 · Beneficial use: Basis, measure and limit of right to use.
- NRS 533.037 · Determination of priority of water right acquired for use in federal reclamation project; no additional water rights granted.
- NRS 533.040 · Water used for beneficial purposes to remain appurtenant to place of use; exceptions.
- NRS 533.045 · Right to divert ceases when necessity for use does not exist.
- NRS 533.050 · Beneficial use of water declared a public use; eminent domain.
- NRS 533.055 · Storage of water for beneficial purpose; claiming and diversion of water turned into natural channel or watercourse.
- NRS 533.060 · Right to use limited to amount necessary; loss or abandonment of rights; no acquisition of prescriptive right; reservation of rights by State.
- NRS 533.065 · Standards of measurement.
- NRS 533.070 · Quantity of water appropriated limited to amount reasonably required for beneficial use; duties of State Engineer in connection with water diverted or stored for purpose of irrigation.
- NRS 533.075 · Rotation in use of water.
- NRS 533.080 · State water right surveyors: Certain projects required to be performed by surveyor; qualifications; appointment; regulations; compensation; State Engineer’s Water License Account.
- NRS 533.085 · Vested rights to water not impaired.
- NRS 533.087 · Requirement for claimant of vested water right to submit proof of claim.
- NRS 533.090 · Determination of relative rights of claimants to water of stream or stream system: Petition; order of State Engineer.
- NRS 533.095 · Notice of entry of order and pendency of proceedings: Preparation; contents; publication; service of notice. [Effective through December 31, 2027.]
- NRS 533.095 · Notice of entry of order and pendency of proceedings: Preparation; contents; publication; service of notice. [Effective January 1, 2028.]
- NRS 533.100 · Investigation of flow of stream and ditches by State Engineer; preparation of surveys and maps.
- NRS 533.105 · Use of data compiled by United States Geological Survey or other persons.
- NRS 533.115 · Blank forms enclosed with notice; form of proof; preparation of map. [Effective through December 31, 2027.]
- NRS 533.120 · Statements to be certified under oath; no fee for furnishing blank form. [Effective through December 31, 2027.]
- NRS 533.125 · Commencement of taking of proofs; extension of time; determination of rights if claimant neglects or refuses to make proof; defective proof or map; filing corrected proof of map. [Effective through December 31, 2027.]
- NRS 533.130 · Petition to intervene may be filed by interested person not served; contents.
- NRS 533.135 · Fees of State Engineer; disposition.
- NRS 533.140 · Preparation and printing of abstract of proofs of appropriation; preliminary order of determination; notice of availability of evidence and proofs for inspection; service of notice and preliminary order; State Engineer to be present during period that evidence and proofs are available for inspection; posting preliminary order of determination and abstract of proofs on Internet. [Effective through December 31, 2027.]
- NRS 533.140 · Preparation and printing of abstract of proofs of appropriation; preliminary order of determination; notice of availability of evidence and proofs for inspection; service of notice and preliminary order; State Engineer to be present during period that evidence and proofs are available for inspection; posting preliminary order of determination and abstract of proofs on Internet. [Effective January 1, 2028.]
- NRS 533.145 · Objections to preliminary order of determination; form and contents of objection.
- NRS 533.150 · Hearings of objections to preliminary order of determination: Contents and service of notice; procedure; witnesses; evidence.
- NRS 533.155 · Hearing of objections: Court reporter; transcript; division of fees.
- NRS 533.160 · Entry of order of determination after hearing of objections to preliminary order; legal effect of order; certification, printing and service of order.
- NRS 533.165 · Certified copy of order of determination to be filed with county clerk of county where stream system located; procedure when stream system in two or more judicial districts; order setting time for hearing; service and publication of order.
- NRS 533.170 · Exceptions to order of determination: Filing and service; pleadings; findings of fact, judgment and decree; service of findings of fact and cost bill.
- NRS 533.175 · Employment of experts by court.
- NRS 533.180 · Court may refer case to State Engineer for further evidence.
- NRS 533.185 · Entry of judicial decree; revised map; delivery and filing of final judgment.
- NRS 533.190 · Costs: Assessment by court; entry of charges on assessment roll; collection and disposition of money.
- NRS 533.195 · Powers of successor judge; inapplicability of NRS 3.180
- NRS 533.200 · Appeal from decree to appellate court: Procedure; service of notice of appeal.
- NRS 533.205 · Motion for new trial: Service of notice of intention to move for new trial.
- NRS 533.210 · Finality of decree; application for modification within 3 years after entry; limitations on modification; notice of application.
- NRS 533.215 · Waiver of notices by claimants or appropriators.
- NRS 533.220 · Distribution of water; enforcement of order or decision of State Engineer; appeal.
- NRS 533.225 · County clerk to transmit certified copy of decree to State Engineer; effectiveness of decree.
- NRS 533.230 · Division of water by State Engineer during time order of determination is pending in district court.
- NRS 533.235 · Operation of order of determination may be stayed by filing bond with court; conditions of bond; duties of State Engineer.
- NRS 533.240 · All claimants to be made parties in any suit brought to determine rights; State Engineer to prepare hydrographic survey of stream system; costs; transfer of suit to State Engineer for determination.
- NRS 533.250 · Admissibility of maps, plats, surveys and evidence on file in office of State Engineer; notice by State Engineer of intention to consider evidence and submission of findings to court.
- NRS 533.255 · Submission of findings made before March 25, 1915.
- NRS 533.260 · Regulations of State Engineer requiring blueprints from claimants to be attached to proofs.
- NRS 533.265 · State Engineer to issue certificates upon final determination of relative rights; contents of certificates; exceptions.
- NRS 533.270 · Water commissioners: Appointment; duties and salaries; exemption from state human resources system; district supervisors.
- NRS 533.275 · Engineer for supervision of distribution: Appointment; salary and expenses; additional work.
- NRS 533.280 · Annual budget for stream system or water district: Preparation; contents; limitation on assessment.
- NRS 533.285 · Entry on assessment roll of charges in budget; collection of special assessment.
- NRS 533.290 · Water District Account: Creation; deposit and use of money; accounting.
- NRS 533.295 · Limitation on use of Water District Account; “expenses” defined.
- NRS 533.300 · State to be divided into water districts; appointment of advisory boards by State Engineer; meetings.
- NRS 533.305 · Division of water among ditches and reservoirs; regulation of distribution among users; notice of regulation by water commissioner; duties of district attorney.
- NRS 533.310 · Administration of distribution by State Engineer if rights determined in manner other than provided in NRS 533.090
- NRS 533.315 · Payment of certain costs in proceeding under NRS 533.310
- NRS 533.320 · Payment of cost of administration of final decree and distribution of water; approval of budget; submission to board of county commissioners; provisions applicable.