§ 837 (a) A groundwater sustainability agency for the basin or a portion of the basin may intervene in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to th…
Part 2: Of Civil Actions | Title 10: ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES [725a - 871.30] | Chapter 7: Actions Relating to Groundwater Rights | Article 4: Intervention
Rule Text
(a) A groundwater sustainability agency for the basin or a portion of the basin may intervene in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter.
(b) A city, county, or city and county that overlies the basin or a portion of the basin may intervene in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter.
(c) The court shall allow any person to intervene in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter upon an ex parte application that demonstrates that the person holds fee simple ownership in a parcel in the basin, or extracts or stores water in the basin. A person filing an ex parte application pursuant to this subdivision shall give notice to the plaintiff consistent with the California Rules of Court.
(d) A person may apply to intervene in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter pursuant to Section 387.
Amendment history: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 672, Sec. 1. (AB 1390) Effective January 1, 2016.