A. The statement of claim for each water right shall include the following:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-183

  • Beneficial use: includes but is not limited to use for domestic, municipal, recreation, wildlife, including fish, agricultural, mining, stockwatering and power purposes. See Arizona Laws 45-181
  • Department: means the department of water resources. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, association, public or private corporation, city or other municipality, county or state agency, a recognized Indian tribe and the United States of America when claiming water rights established under the laws of this state. See Arizona Laws 45-181
  • water: means waters of all sources flowing in streams, canyons, ravines or other natural channels or in definite underground channels, whether perennial or intermittent, flood, waste or surplus water, and of lakes, ponds and springs on the surface. See Arizona Laws 45-181

1. The name and mailing address of the person filing the claim.

2. The name of the watercourse or water source from which the right to divert or make use of water is claimed.

3. The quantities of water and times of year use is claimed.

4. The legal description to the nearest forty-acre tract or by other appropriate description of the point or points of diversion and place of use of the waters.

5. The purpose and extent of use.

6. The approximate dates of first putting water to beneficial use for the various amounts and times claimed in paragraph 3 of this subsection.

7. The legal basis for the claim.

8. The sworn statement that the claim set forth is true and correct.

B. A statement of claim for a water right may be verified by the person claiming the right or may be verified by an authorized agent of such person.

C. Filing of a statement of claim shall be complete upon timely receipt by the department of a properly executed statement of claim and a five dollar filing fee for each such claim. The director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the fees received pursuant to this subsection in the water resources fund established by section 45-117.

 

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