{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-42-308","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 42-308","heading":"User; forfeiture.","body":"Any right of appropriation shall exist and continue only by the exercise thereof in a lawful manner. The failure of the appropriator continuously to apply such water to lawful and beneficial uses, for a period of three years, without due and sufficient cause shown for such failure, shall constitute a forfeiture and surrender of such right.","path":["Chapter 42.—IRRIGATION","Article 3.—IRRIGATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch42/042_003_0008.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:16:21Z","sha256":"c672a9ba4cbb28ce6c67d5ac01f5568f2ac34feb4b1cfcfb7e3d71db4ed2ed15","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-42-306","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-42-309"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}