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WATER RIGHT CLAIM EXAMINATION RULES
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 5, 2006 As last amended effective March 21, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE WATER RIGHT CLAIM EXAMINATION RULES
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I. Introductory Provisions 1. Scope of Rules 1 2. Definitions 2 3. Centralized Record System 11 4. Standard Measurements of Water 13 5. Summary Report 14
II. Irrigation Claims 6. Purpose 17 7. Owner Name and Address 18 8. Point of Diversion (POD) 19 9. Means of Diversion 22 10. Reservoirs 23 11. Source 25 12. Place of Use (POU) 27 13. Priority Date 30 14. Flow Rate 35 15. Volume 39 16. Period of Use 42
III. Domestic Claims 17. Reference to Irrigation Chapter 45 18. Place of Use (POU) 45 19. Flow Rate and Volume 47 20. Period of Use 51
IV. Stockwater Claims 21. Reference to Irrigation Chapter 53 22. Point of Diversion (POD) 53 23. Place of Use (POU) 53 24. Flow Rate and Volume 55 25. Period of Use 59
V. Other Uses Claims 26. Reference to Irrigation Chapter 60 27. Purpose 61 28. Place of Use (POU) 64 29. Flow Rate and Volume 65 30. Period of Use 71 31. Point of Diversion (POD) and Means of Diversion 73 for Instream or Inlake Appropriations
VI. General Provisions 32. Public Meetings 74 33. Clarification 75 34. Amendments to Claims 77 35. Implied Claims 79 36. Claims Filed After April 30, 1982 81 37. Termination of a Claim 83 38. Ownership Updates 84 39. Change in Appropriation Right 86 40. Supplemental Rights 88 41. Multiple Use of a Right 89 42. Irrigation Districts 90 43. Documenting the Department's Examination 91 44. Claimant Contact 92 45. Returned Mail 93 46. Post-Decree Revisions 95 47. Unauthorized Practice of Law 97 EXHIBITS
A. Example of Department's Summary Report with Water Right Abstract
B. Definition of Claimant Contact Regarding Irrigated Acres
C. Example Claim Amendment Form
D. Example Claim Termination Form
WATER RIGHT CLAIM EXAMINATION RULES AMENDED BY THE MONTANA SUPREME COURT
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 5, 2006
I. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS