85-2-426. Fee. (1) The department shall by rule prescribe a fee that may not be higher than necessary to cover the cost to the department of updating its water right ownership records. A fee must be paid:
(a) at closing when the realty transfer certificate discloses the transfer of a water right; or
(b) at the time of filing of the water right ownership update form or the form describing the severance or exempting of the water right.
(2) The fee must be deposited in the water right appropriation account provided for in 85-2-318.
History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 674, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 271, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 456, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 70, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 366, L. 2007.
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