Idaho Code § 42-245

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42-245 FAILURE TO FILE CLAIM WAIVES AND RELINQUISHES RIGHT.

Official statutory text

42-245. Failure to file claim waives and relinquishes right. Any person claiming the right to divert or withdraw and use waters of the state who fails to file a claim as provided in section 42-243, Idaho Code, shall be conclusively deemed to have waived and relinquished any right, title or interest in said right.

The provisions of this section shall not apply if a claim to the right is filed in a general water rights adjudication proceeding commenced under the provisions of chapter 14, title 42, Idaho Code.

History:

[42-245, added 1978, ch. 345, sec. 8, p. 889; am. 1988, ch. 152, sec. 1, p. 272; am. 1994, ch. 63, sec. 1, p. 121; am. 2020, ch. 146, sec. 1, p. 447.]

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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