2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 37 - Water And Irrigation
Article 92. Water Right Determination and Administration
Cross references: For the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure that govern proceedings under this article, see C.R.C.P. 87.
Law reviews: For article, "Representing a Developer Purchaser of Water and Water Rights", see 13 Colo. Law. 627 (1984); for article, "Conditions in a Water Rights Augmentation Plan or Change Case", see 13 Colo. Law. 2039 (1984); for article, "Plans and Studies: The Recent Quest for a Utopia in the Utilization of Colorado's Water Resources", see 55 U. Colo. L. Rev. 391 (1984); for article, "Principles and Law of Colorado's Nontributary Ground Water", see 62 Den. U. L. Rev 809 (1985); for article, "Indian Water Rights: Then and Now", see 15 Colo. Law. 1 (1986); for article, "Area-of-Origin Protection in Transbasin Water Diversions: An Evaluation of Alternative Approaches", see 57 U. Colo. L. Rev. 527 (1986); for article, "The Physical Solution in Western Water Law", see 57 U. Colo. L. Rev. 445 (1986); for article, "Constitutional Limits on Police Power Regulation Affecting the Exercise of Water Rights", see 16 Colo. Law. 1626 (1987); for article, "A Summary of Colorado Water Law", see 21 Colo. 63 (1992); for article, "Water Law Requirements Affecting Environmental Compliance and Remediation Activities", see 22 Colo. Law. 299 (1993); for article, "Absolute Ownership as a Prerequisite For a Change Decree", see 22 Colo. Law. 1915 (1993); for article, "Historical Water Use and the Protection of Vested Rights: A Challenge for Colorado Water Law", see 69 U. Colo. L. Rev. 503 (1998); for article, "Water Rights Title and Conveyancing", see 28 Colo. Law. 69 (May 1999); for comment, "Safeguarding Colorado's Water Supply: The New Confluence of Title Insurance and Water Rights Conveyances", see 77 U. Colo. L. Rev. 491 (2006); for article, "Reviving the Public Ownership, Antispeculation, and Beneficial Use Moorings of Prior Appropriation Water Law", see 84 U. Colo. L. Rev. 97 (2013); for article, "A Roundtable Discussion on the No-Injury Rule of Colorado Water Law", see 44 Colo. Law. 87 (July 2015); for article, "Water Law Basics for Real Estate Practitioners", see 44 Colo. Law. 63 (Nov. 2015); for article, "Abandonment as It Relates to Adverse Possession of Water Rights", see 45 Colo. Law. 39 (Feb. 2016).
- Section 37-92-101. Short title.
- Section 37-92-102. Legislative declaration - basic tenets of Colorado water law.
- Section 37-92-103. Definitions.
- Section 37-92-201. Water divisions.
- Section 37-92-202. Division engineers.
- Section 37-92-203. Water judges - jurisdiction.
- Section 37-92-204. Water clerks - duties.
Cross references: For the appointments and functions of water division engineers, see § 37-92-202.
- Section 37-92-301. Administration and distribution of waters.
- Section 37-92-302. Applications for water rights or changes of such rights - plans for augmentation.
- Section 37-92-303. Rulings by the referee.
- Section 37-92-304. Proceedings by the water judge.
- Section 37-92-305. Standards with respect to rulings of the referee and decisions of the water judge - definitions.
- Section 37-92-306. Priorities junior to prior awards - when.
- Section 37-92-306.1. Relation back of priority date.
- Section 37-92-307. Special procedures with respect to plans for augmentation. (Repealed)
- Section 37-92-308. Substitute water supply plans - special procedures for review - water adjudication cash fund - legislative declaration.
- Section 37-92-309. Interruptible water supply agreements - special review procedures rules - water adjudication cash fund - legislative declaration - definitions.
- Section 37-92-310. Colorado water rights protection act - short title - legislative declaration - limitation on actions.
- Section 37-92-311. Industrial hemp cultivation allowed under an agricultural water right.
Cross references: For the appointments and functions of water division engineers, see § 37-92-202.
- Section 37-92-401. Tabulations of priorities and decennial abandonment lists.
- Section 37-92-402. Special procedures for the 1978 tabulation and abandonment list.
Cross references: For the appointments and functions of water division engineers, see § 37-92-202.
- Section 37-92-501. Jurisdiction over water - rules and regulations.
- Section 37-92-501.5. Special procedures with respect to plans for augmentation.
- Section 37-92-502. Orders as to waste, diversions, or distribution of water.
- Section 37-92-503. Enforcement - injunction.
- Section 37-92-504. Treble damages.
Cross references: For the appointments and functions of water division engineers, see § 37-92-202.