{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-82a-716","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 82a-716","heading":"Common-law claimants; action for compensation; injunctions.","body":"If any appropriation, or the construction and operation of authorized diversion works results in an injury to any common-law claimant, such person shall be entitled to due compensation in a suitable action at law against the appropriator for damages proved for any property taken. Any person with a valid water right or permit to divert and use water may, after first exhausting the remedies available under K.S.A. 82a-717a, and amendments thereto, restrain or enjoin in any court of competent jurisdiction a subsequent diversion by a common-law claimant without vested rights without first condemning those common-law rights. After first exhausting the remedies available under K.S.A. 82a-717a, and amendments thereto, an appropriator shall have the right to injunctive relief to protect his or her prior right of beneficial use as against use by an appropriator with a later priority of right.","path":["Chapter 82a.—WATERS AND WATERCOURSES","Article 7.—APPROPRIATION OF WATER FOR BENEFICIAL USE"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch82a/082a_007_0016.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:27Z","sha256":"547fbda504b64ca5991bf5303e4a2e358ec8bf2f9708a57d8ea6e66a6d3aff4c","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-82a-715","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-82a-717a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}