(1) A transfer of real property passes appurtenant water rights decreed by court order pursuant to chapter 14, title 42, Idaho Code, permitted or licensed by the department of water resources pursuant to chapter 2, title 42, Idaho Code, or established by the constitutional method of appropriation, and that are owned by the seller and are not reserved by the seller in the instrument of conveyance.
(2)  A transfer of real property included in an irrigation district that operates pursuant to title 43, Idaho Code, to which the district has apportioned the right to receive water from the district’s water rights, passes the statutory rights and obligations of the property relative to the district’s distribution of water and assessments.
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 55-617

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(3)  A transfer of real property included in a city irrigation system that operates pursuant to chapter 18, title 50, Idaho Code, to which the city has apportioned the right to receive water from the city’s water rights, passes the statutory rights and obligations of the property relative to the distribution of water and assessments.
(4)   A transfer of real property included in a ground water district that operates pursuant to chapter 52, title 42, Idaho Code, to which the district has levied assessments or apportioned mitigation plan obligations, passes the statutory rights and obligations of the property relative to such assessments and obligations.
(5)  A transfer of real property that is entitled to receive water from the water rights of a canal company, ditch company, association, or other water delivery entity, passes the rights and obligations of the property relative to the entity’s distribution of water and assessments as evidenced by stock ownership, or other evidence of an entitlement to receive water, subject to the bylaws of the water delivery entity.
(6)  A transfer of real property does not pass water rights or water entitlements and obligations that are not appurtenant to the real property.