{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wat-1241","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WAT § 1241","heading":"","body":"If the person entitled to the use of water fails to use beneficially all or any part of the water claimed by him or her, for which a right of use has vested, for the purpose for which it was appropriated or adjudicated, for a period of five years, that unused water may revert to the public and shall, if reverted, be regarded as unappropriated public water. That reversion shall occur upon a finding by the board following notice to the permittee, licensee, or person holding a livestock stockpond certificate or small domestic use, small irrigation use, or livestock stockpond use registration under this part and a public hearing if requested by the permittee, licensee, certificate holder, or registration holder.","path":["Water Code - WAT","DIVISION 2. WATER [1000. - 5951.]","PART 2. APPROPRIATION OF WATER [1200. - 1851.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [1200. - 1248.]","ARTICLE 4. Beneficial Use [1240. - 1244.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"f79220316ac036bb766488a2a3df53fa86fb694128055ddd83a2a98ad1718443","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wat-1240","next":"us-ca/wat-1241.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}