{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.040","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 11.040","heading":"PERMANENT WATER RIGHT.","body":"(a) A permanent water right is an easement and passes with the title to land.\n(b) A written instrument conveying a permanent water right may be recorded in the same manner as any other instrument relating to a conveyance of land.\n(c) The owner of a permanent water right is entitled to use water according to the terms of his contract. If there is no contract, the owner is entitled to use water at a just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory price.\nAmended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE B. WATER RIGHTS","CHAPTER 11. WATER RIGHTS","SUBCHAPTER B. RIGHTS IN STATE WATER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.11.htm#11.040","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"cff62d7fe07138dc180a2673d06f16e0d0d15567c6753a6f67222770872f278b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.039","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.041"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}