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Terms Used In Idaho Code 42-1311

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • water user: means each person or entity that is a member of a lateral water users’ association because they own or possess and control land that is entitled to receive water from the point or points of delivery in the canal or reservoir, or from the point or points of diversion from waters of the state, that supplies the association’s lateral or ditch. See Idaho Code 42-1313
The amount assessed against each water user, together with any penalties and interest, shall be a lien upon the water user’s land that is entitled to receive water from the point or points of delivery in the canal or reservoir, or from the point or points of diversion from waters of the state, that supplies the association’s lateral or ditch. The lien shall be recorded and collected in accordance with section 55-3207, Idaho Code, governing homeowner’s association liens, except that the lien may be continued in force for a period of time not to exceed three (3) years and may be extended not to exceed three (3) additional years. The lien provided for in this section shall have priority according to its date of recordation, except as to other liens described in titles 42 and 43, Idaho Code.