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2014 Revised Code of Washington
Title 90 - WATER RIGHTS — ENVIRONMENT
90.14 Water rights -- Registration -- Waiver and relinquishment, etc.
- 90.14.010 Purpose.
- 90.14.020 Legislative declaration.
- 90.14.031 Definitions.
- 90.14.041 Claim of right to withdraw, divert or use ground or surface waters -- Filing statement of claim required -- Exemptions.
- 90.14.043 Claim of right to withdraw, divert or use ground or surface waters -- Claim upon certification by board -- Procedure -- Cut-off date for accepting petitions.
- 90.14.044 Existing water rights not impaired.
- 90.14.051 Statement of claim -- Contents -- Short form.
- 90.14.061 Statement of claim -- Filing procedure -- Processing of claim -- Fee.
- 90.14.065 Statement of claim -- Amendment -- Surface water right claim change or transfer -- Review of department of ecology's determination.
- 90.14.068 Statement of claim -- New filing period.
- 90.14.071 Failure to file claim waives and relinquishes right.
- 90.14.081 Filing of claim not deemed adjudication of right -- Prima facie evidence.
- 90.14.091 Definitions -- Water rights notice -- Form.
- 90.14.101 Notice of chapter provisions -- How given -- Requirements.
- 90.14.111 Water rights claims registry.
- 90.14.121 Penalty for overstating claim.
- 90.14.130 Reversion of rights to state due to nonuse -- Notice by order -- Relinquishment determinations -- Appeal.
- 90.14.140 "Sufficient cause" for nonuse defined -- Rights exempted.
- 90.14.150 Rights arising from permit to withdraw public waters not affected -- Extensions.
- 90.14.160 Relinquishment of right for abandonment or failure to beneficially use without sufficient cause -- Prior rights acquired through appropriation, custom or general adjudication.
- 90.14.170 Relinquishment of right for abandonment or failure to beneficially use without sufficient cause -- Rights acquired due to ownership of land abutting stream, lake, or watercourse.
- 90.14.180 Relinquishment of right for abandonment or failure to beneficially use without sufficient cause -- Future rights acquired through appropriation.
- 90.14.190 Water resources decisions -- Appeals -- Attorneys' fees.
- 90.14.200 Implementation and enforcement of chapter -- Proceedings under RCW 90.14.130 deemed adjudicative -- Application of RCW sections to specific proceedings.
- 90.14.210 Chapter applies to all rights to withdraw groundwaters.
- 90.14.215 Chapter not applicable to trust water rights under chapter 90.38 or 90.42 RCW.
- 90.14.220 No rights to be acquired by prescription or adverse use.
- 90.14.230 Rules and regulations.
- 90.14.240 Water rights tracking system account.
- 90.14.900 Effective date -- 1967 c 233.
- 90.14.910 Severability -- 1967 c 233.
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