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2013 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 45 - Waters
§ 45-175 Chronological preference to water in times of scarcity
AZ Rev Stat § 45-175 (through 1st Reg Sess 51st Leg. 2013) What's This?
45-175. Chronological preference to water in times of scarcity
During years when a scarcity of water exists, owners of lands shall have preference to the water for irrigation according to the dates of their appropriation or their occupation of the lands, either by themselves or their grantors. The oldest titles shall have precedence.
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