{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-533.371","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 533.371","heading":"Rejection of application for permit for specified period.","body":"The State Engineer shall reject the application and refuse to issue a permit to appropriate water for a specified period if the State Engineer determines that:\n1. The application is incomplete;\n2. The prescribed fees have not been paid;\n3. The proposed use is not temporary;\n4. There is no water available from the proposed source of supply without exceeding the perennial yield or safe yield of that source;\n5. The groundwater that has not been committed for use from the proposed source of supply has been reserved pursuant to NRS 533.0241;\n6. The application requests a change to or reinstatement of groundwater rights that have been retired pursuant to NRS 534.115;\n7. The proposed use conflicts with existing rights; or\n8. The proposed use threatens to prove detrimental to the public interest.","path":["TITLE 48 — WATER","CHAPTER 533 - ADJUDICATION OF VESTED WATER RIGHTS; APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC WATERS","APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC WATERS","Applications, Permits and Certificates"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-533.html#NRS533Sec371","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:42Z","sha256":"6cfa10dd312903265f8055729ac5665f0e59ee463268d717ac8dc2a9e35aa0de","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-533.3705","next":"us-nv/nrs-533.372"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}