{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-42-1401","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 42-1401","heading":"Legislative intent.","body":"The legislature finds and declares that the state laws and procedures for the adjudication of rights to the use of water need to be modified:\n(1) to provide a statutory procedure for incorporating a negotiated agreement between a federal reserved water right claimant and the state of Idaho into an adjudication;\n(2) to provide a more efficient method for adjudications;\n(3) to assure that state laws and procedures provide a fair and impartial forum for the adjudication of the rights of all claimants; and\n(4) to assure that state laws and procedures are adequate as a matter of federal law to adjudicate all water rights claimed to have been established under federal law and to administer such rights.","path":["TITLE 42 IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE — WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION","CHAPTER 14 ADJUDICATION OF WATER RIGHTS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title42/t42ch14/sect42-1401/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:21:10Z","sha256":"c8930055eb4acf82549e306e4a346af4382cc9faa9cf18cf92d1c3a087c05d54","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-42-1315","next":"us-id/idaho-code-42-1401a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}