85-2-418. Purchaser not to sell surplus water. Sections 85-2-415 through 85-2-417 may not be construed to give the person acquiring the right to the use of water, as provided in those sections, the right to sell or dispose of the water after being used by the person or to prevent the original owner or proprietor from retaking, selling, and disposing of the water in the usual and customary manner after it is used as provided in those sections.
History: En. Sec. 4, p. 407, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 745, 5th Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 1266, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 1900, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4863, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7116, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7116, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-826; amd. Sec. 2765, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 2. Surface Water and Ground Water
85-2-402. Changes in appropriation rights -- definition
85-2-403. Transfer of appropriation right
85-2-404. Abandonment of appropriation right
85-2-405. Procedure for declaring appropriation rights abandoned
85-2-406. District court supervision of water distribution
85-2-407. Temporary changes in appropriation right
85-2-408. Temporary change authorization for instream flow -- additional requirements
85-2-410. Short-term lease of appropriation right
85-2-411. Water turned into natural channels
85-2-412. Return of surplus water to stream
85-2-413. Diversion of natural flow of waters -- when permitted
85-2-415. Owners of water to sell surplus
85-2-416. Duty of purchaser to dig ditches
85-2-417. Enforcement of right to surplus
85-2-418. Purchaser not to sell surplus water
85-2-420. Change in appropriation right for aquifer recharge or mitigation -- marketing
85-2-423. Water right ownership update form
85-2-428. through 85-2-430 reserved