US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  42
                       IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER
                            RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
                                  CHAPTER 14
                         ADJUDICATION OF WATER RIGHTS
    42-1419.  ENTRY OF AN ORDER COMMENCING A GENERAL ADJUDICATION ON A SPECIAL
DOCKET -- CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE -- FILING OF CERTIFIED COPY OF ORDER IN OTHER
COUNTIES. (1) The clerk of the district court shall enter an order commencing
a general adjudication on a special docket for water right adjudications in
addition to any other district court record.
    (2)  From the time of docketing and not before, any order commencing a
general adjudication is constructive notice of the contents thereof, within
the county in which the order is docketed, to subsequent purchasers and
mortgagees.
    (3)  The director shall file a true and certified copy of any order
commencing a general adjudication with the district court for each county of
this state where the water system to be adjudicated is located. The clerk of
the district court shall file and docket the same as provided in subsection
(1) of this section. From the time of such docketing and not before, the order
so docketed is constructive notice of the contents thereof within the county
in which the order is docketed to subsequent purchasers and mortgagees.