Home  / State laws and rules  / RCWs / Title 90 / Chapter 90.14

Chapter 90.14 RCW

WATER RIGHTS—REGISTRATION—WAIVER AND RELINQUISHMENT, ETC.

Complete chapter HTMLPDF

RCW dispositions

Sections

HTMLPDF 90.14.010Purpose.
HTMLPDF 90.14.020Legislative declaration.
HTMLPDF 90.14.031Definitions.
HTMLPDF 90.14.041Claim of right to withdraw, divert or use ground or surface waters—Filing statement of claim required—Exemptions.
HTMLPDF 90.14.043Claim of right to withdraw, divert, or use ground or surface waters—Claim upon certification by board—Procedure—Cut-off date for accepting petitions—Adjudication filing in water resource inventory area 1.
HTMLPDF 90.14.044Existing water rights not impaired.
HTMLPDF 90.14.051Statement of claim—Contents—Short form.
HTMLPDF 90.14.061Statement of claim—Filing procedure—Processing of claim—Fee.
HTMLPDF 90.14.065Statement of claim—Amendment—Surface water right claim change or transfer—Review of department of ecology's determination.
HTMLPDF 90.14.068Statement of claim—New filing period.
HTMLPDF 90.14.071Failure to file claim waives and relinquishes right.
HTMLPDF 90.14.081Filing of claim not deemed adjudication of right—Prima facie evidence.
HTMLPDF 90.14.091Definitions—Water rights notice—Form.
HTMLPDF 90.14.101Notice of chapter provisions—How given—Requirements.
HTMLPDF 90.14.111Water rights claims registry.
HTMLPDF 90.14.121Penalty for overstating claim.
HTMLPDF 90.14.130Reversion of rights to state due to nonuse—Notice by order—Relinquishment determinations—Appeal.
HTMLPDF 90.14.140"Sufficient cause" for nonuse defined—Rights exempted.
HTMLPDF 90.14.150Rights arising from permit to withdraw public waters not affected—Extensions.
HTMLPDF 90.14.160Relinquishment of right for abandonment or failure to beneficially use without sufficient cause—Prior rights acquired through appropriation, custom or general adjudication.
HTMLPDF 90.14.170Relinquishment of right for abandonment or failure to beneficially use without sufficient cause—Rights acquired due to ownership of land abutting stream, lake, or watercourse.
HTMLPDF 90.14.180Relinquishment of right for abandonment or failure to beneficially use without sufficient cause—Future rights acquired through appropriation.
HTMLPDF 90.14.190Water resources decisions—Appeals—Attorneys' fees.
HTMLPDF 90.14.200Implementation and enforcement of chapter—Proceedings under RCW 90.14.130 deemed adjudicative—Application of RCW sections to specific proceedings.
HTMLPDF 90.14.210Chapter applies to all rights to withdraw groundwaters.
HTMLPDF 90.14.215Chapter not applicable to trust water rights under chapter 90.38 or 90.42 RCW.
HTMLPDF 90.14.220No rights to be acquired by prescription or adverse use.
HTMLPDF 90.14.230Rules and regulations.
HTMLPDF 90.14.240Water rights tracking system account.
HTMLPDF 90.14.900Effective date—1967 c 233.
HTMLPDF 90.14.910Severability—1967 c 233.