Section 21 – Duty to update address and ownership — Duty to follow court proceedings — Additional notice.

• (1) After the service of summons in the manner prescribed by Section 73-4-4, it shall be the duty of every person served individually or by publication to:
  • (a) record any change in address or water right ownership with the state engineer; and
  • (b) follow all court proceedings.

• (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), the state engineer is not required to provide any further or additional notice except the notice:
  • (a) that the statement of claim is due as prescribed by Section 73-4-3;
  • (b) of the list of unclaimed rights of record, as described in Section 73-4-9.5; and
  • (c) of the proposed determinations as provided by Section 73-4-11.

• (3) The district court may require notice of other proceedings to be given when, in the judgment of the court, it considers notice necessary.

Amended by Chapter 72, 2016 General Session