§ 45-181 Definitions
§ 45-182 Claim of right to withdraw, divert or use public waters; exception; administration by director of water resources
§ 45-183 Contents of statement of claim; filing procedure; fee
§ 45-184 Waiver and relinquishment of water right
§ 45-185 Filing of claim not deemed adjudication of right; presumption; exemption
§ 45-186 Water rights claims registry
§ 45-187 No rights acquired by adverse use or adverse possession
§ 45-188 Future rights acquired through appropriation; rights within service area of agricultural or municipal provider
§ 45-189 Reversion of rights due to nonuse; notice; hearing; order; exception
§ 45-189.01 Water conservation plan notice; filing; exemption; duration
§ 45-190 Overstating claim; classification
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Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 45 > Chapter 1 > Article 7 - Water Rights Registration

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Appropriator: means the person or persons initiating or perfecting the right to use appropriable water based on state law, or the person's successor or successors in interest. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • Beneficial use: includes but is not limited to use for domestic, municipal, recreation, wildlife, including fish, agricultural, mining, stockwatering and power purposes. See Arizona Laws 45-181
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of water resources. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, association, public or private corporation, city or other municipality, county or state agency, a recognized Indian tribe and the United States of America when claiming water rights established under the laws of this state. See Arizona Laws 45-181
  • Surface water: means the waters of all sources, flowing in streams, canyons, ravines or other natural channels, or in definite underground channels, whether perennial or intermittent, floodwater, wastewater or surplus water, and of lakes, ponds and springs on the surface. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • water: means waters of all sources flowing in streams, canyons, ravines or other natural channels or in definite underground channels, whether perennial or intermittent, flood, waste or surplus water, and of lakes, ponds and springs on the surface. See Arizona Laws 45-181