Title 26

NRS 324.050 Report of State Registrar of Lands Under Carey Act; pending proceedings not made public. 1. Before September 1 of each even-numbered year, for the biennium ending June 30 of such year, the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act shall prepare a detailed report of…

NRS 324.060 Regulations: Adoption; publication and distribution. 1. The Division may establish and require the observance of such regulations as the Division may deem necessary, proper or expedient, not in conflict with law or the regulations of the Department of the Interior, fo…

NRS 324.070 Division to determine time, manner and conditions under which lands open for entry or sale. The Division shall determine the time, manner and conditions under which lands and water rights of any segregation, or any part thereof, are thrown open for entry by or sale to…

NRS 324.080 Division to fix price of lands; Carey Act Account created. 1. The Division may fix the price at which the State disposes of lands in each segregation to settlers at the time of their entry, which must not be less than $10 per acre nor more than the fair market value, …

NRS 324.090 Fees. A nonrefundable fee of $100 must be collected by the Division pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Carey Act Account. The fee covers one copy each of all original documents from the time of applicati…

NRS 324.100 Deposit and use of proceeds and fees; appropriation for Carey Act Account. 1. The proceeds derived by the State from fees and the sale of Carey Act lands must be deposited in the Carey Act Account. The money is subject to control and disposition by the Division and ma…

NRS 324.110 Compensation of State Engineer. 1. The State Engineer must be compensated for his or her services by such fees and expense allowances as are authorized by law to be assessed against an applicant for a water right. The expense of the inspection, supervision and report …

NRS 324.120 Applications for segregations: Contents; filing fee. 1. Any natural person, association, company or corporation desiring to construct impounding dams, canals, ditches or other irrigation works, pumping plants, or artesian wells to reclaim lands under the provisions of…

NRS 324.130 Report of State Engineer on application for segregation; action by Division. 1. All applications for Carey Act lands which are prepared and submitted in accordance with the regulations of the Division and of the Department of the Interior must be referred to the State…

NRS 324.140 Deposits required of applicants to cover costs; reimbursements. 1. Immediately after an application has been approved by the Division, and before the filing of the request for the segregation of land with the Bureau of Land Management, the applicant shall deposit with…

NRS 324.160 Contract between Division and applicant: Contents; conditions; bond; forfeiture. 1. Upon approval by the Secretary of the Interior of the application for a segregation, the Division must enter into a contract with the applicant for the segregation. The contract must c…

NRS 324.170 Further conditions of contracts; exceptions to forfeitures. 1. All contracts shall state: (a) That the works covered by the contract shall begin within 6 months from the date of the contract; (b) That the construction shall be prosecuted diligently and continuously to…

NRS 324.180 Modifications of contracts. Any contract entered into pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may subsequently be modified if in the opinion of the Division the modification conserves and protects the public welfare and the rights of settlers. If the modification r…

NRS 324.200 Payment not required until water available, bond deposited or guarantees made. 1. A person, association, company or corporation contracting with the State under the provisions of this chapter, or their assigns, shall not require any advance payment of any settler or p…

NRS 324.210 Forfeiture of contract and bond: Notice; sale of uncompleted works. 1. Upon the failure of any party having a contract with the State for the construction of irrigation works to begin the works within the time specified by the contract, or to complete the works within…

NRS 324.220 Entry upon land: Conditions. 1. Before entering upon any land pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the applicant shall file with the Division: (a) A certified copy of a water permit or a contract for a perpetual water right into which the applicant has entered …

NRS 324.230 Final proof of reclamation, settlement and occupation; patents. 1. Within 1 year after a water right is available for the irrigation of the land described in a certificate of location, the settler shall cultivate and reclaim not less than one-sixteenth part of the lan…

NRS 324.240 Issuance of patent to settler. 1. Upon the issuance of a patent to any lands by the United States, notice shall be forwarded to the settler upon such land. All patents issued by the State to the settler shall be: (a) Signed by the Governor. (b) Attested by the State R…

NRS 324.250 Water rights: Attachment to land; liens. 1. The water rights to all lands acquired under the provisions of this chapter shall attach to and become appurtenant to the land as soon as the title passes from the United States to the State. Any person or persons, associati…

NRS 324.290 Division not to obligate State under contracts. This chapter does not authorize the Division to obligate the State to pay for any work constructed under any contract or to hold the State in any way responsible to settlers for the failure of contractors to complete the…