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2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters
NRS 533.465 - Interference with headgate, water box or water; prima facie evidence.
Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 533.465 (2020)
1. Any person who shall willfully open, close, change or interfere with any lawfully established headgate or water box without authority, or who shall willfully use water or conduct water into or through the person’s ditch which has been lawfully denied the person by the State Engineer, the State Engineer’s assistants or water commissioners, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. The possession or use of water when the same shall have been lawfully denied by the State Engineer or other competent authority shall be prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person using it.
[55:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3237; NCL § 7940]
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