NRS 533.515 – Permit for appropriation of water or application to change point of diversion, manner of use or place of use if point of diversion or portion of works is outside state.

1. No permit for the appropriation of water or application to change the point of diversion, manner of use or place of use under an existing water right may be denied because of the fact that the point of diversion described in the application for the permit, or any portion of the works in the […]

NRS 533.520 – Application for permit to appropriate water for use outside State; change point of diversion for use outside State or change place of use to location outside of State; approval of application by State Engineer; conditions.

1. Any person who files an application for a permit to appropriate water from above or beneath the surface of the ground for use outside this State, or to change the point of diversion under an existing water right which has a place of use outside of this State, or to change the place of […]

NRS 533.524 – Appropriation from interstate streams: Right of appropriation having point of diversion and place of use in another state.

Upon any stream flowing across the state boundary, a right of appropriation having the point of diversion and the place of use in another state and recognized by the laws of that state shall have the same force and effect as if the point of diversion and the place of use were in this state […]

NRS 533.525 – Stored water may be conveyed through streams and reclaimed; conditions.

Any water stored for irrigation or other beneficial purposes may be turned into the channel of any natural stream or watercourse, and mingled with its waters, and then be reclaimed, but, in reclaiming it, water already appropriated by others shall not be diminished in quantity. [1:49:1899; C § 424; RL § 4715; NCL § 8238]

NRS 533.535 – Consent to use of Lake Tahoe by United States for reservoir purposes in connection with Truckee-Carson reclamation project.

1. For the purpose of aiding the Truckee-Carson reclamation project carried out by the Reclamation Service of the United States of America, under the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1902 (c. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), known as the Reclamation Act, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, consent is hereby given to the use […]

NRS 533.540 – Procedure for refund of water district’s money; conditions.

1. Whenever, in the case of any order of determination of relative rights of claimants or appropriators of the waters of the Carson River and its forks, affecting the water districts mentioned and referred to in the preamble of chapter 19, Statutes of Nevada 1931, or in any like case affecting the Carson River or […]

NRS 533.545 – Hearings before State Engineer: Issuance and enforcement of subpoenas.

1. Whenever the State Engineer is authorized or required by law to conduct a hearing, the State Engineer may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses before the State Engineer, together with all books, memoranda, papers and other documents relative to the matters for which the hearing is called, and take depositions within or without […]

NRS 533.550 – Sale or lease of water right by public body for more than 5-year term; exception.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as otherwise provided in NRS 533.560, a public body shall not sell or lease for a term of more than 5 years a water right owned by the public body unless the public body, after holding at least one public hearing at which public comment was […]

NRS 533.560 – Lease of water right by public body to owner or holder of water right who exceeds entitled amount of water.

1. A public body may lease a water right owned by the public body to an owner or holder of a water right who, as determined by the State Engineer, is exceeding the amount of water to which the owner or holder is entitled. 2. As used in this section, “public body” means the State […]

NRS 533.565 – Dedication of right to appropriate water: Requirements; exceptions.

1. Before a supplier of water may require the dedication of a right to appropriate water in order to ensure a sufficient supply of water to provide new or modified water service to one or more parcels, the dedication requirement must: (a) Be required pursuant to an ordinance, rule, regulation or any other requirement adopted […]