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57-13a-101 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Water conveyance" means a canal, ditch, pipeline, or other means of conveying water.
(2) "Water user" means a water user or the water user's
predecessor whose water being conveyed is represented by
a water right recognized under state law or by shares in
a mutual irrigation company.
1997
57-13a-102 Prescriptive easement for water conveyance.
(1) A prescriptive easement may be established if a water user has maintained a water conveyance for a period of 20 years during which the use has been:
(a) continuous;
(b) open and notorious; and
(c) adverse.
(2) If Subsections (1)(a) and (b) are established, there
is a rebuttable presumption that the use has been adverse.
1997
