Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 2. Surface Water and Ground Water
Part 4. Utilization of Water

85-2-401. Priority -- recognition and confirmation of changes in appropriations issued after July 1, 1973 - 85-2-401. Priority -- recognition and confirmation of changes in appropriations...

85-2-402. Changes in appropriation rights -- definition - 85-2-402. Changes in appropriation rights -- definition. (1) (a) The...

85-2-403. Transfer of appropriation right - 85-2-403. Transfer of appropriation right. (1) The right to use...

85-2-404. Abandonment of appropriation right - 85-2-404. Abandonment of appropriation right. (1) If an appropriator ceases...

85-2-405. Procedure for declaring appropriation rights abandoned - 85-2-405. Procedure for declaring appropriation rights abandoned. (1) When the...

85-2-406. District court supervision of water distribution - 85-2-406. District court supervision of water distribution. (1) The district...

85-2-407. Temporary changes in appropriation right - 85-2-407. (Temporary) Temporary changes in appropriation right. (1) Except as...

85-2-408. Temporary change authorization for instream flow -- additional requirements - 85-2-408. Temporary change authorization for instream flow -- additional requirements....

85-2-409. Repealed - 85-2-409. Repealed. Sec. 9, Ch. 85, L. 2005. History: En....

85-2-410. Short-term lease of appropriation right - 85-2-410. Short-term lease of appropriation right. (1) An appropriator may...

85-2-411. Water turned into natural channels - 85-2-411. Water turned into natural channels. Water appropriated under an...

85-2-412. Return of surplus water to stream - 85-2-412. Return of surplus water to stream. If, by virtue...

85-2-413. Diversion of natural flow of waters -- when permitted - 85-2-413. Diversion of natural flow of waters -- when permitted....

85-2-414. Conduction of water - 85-2-414. Conduction of water. The right to conduct water from...

85-2-415. Owners of water to sell surplus - 85-2-415. Owners of water to sell surplus. Any person having...

85-2-416. Duty of purchaser to dig ditches - 85-2-416. Duty of purchaser to dig ditches. A person desiring...

85-2-417. Enforcement of right to surplus - 85-2-417. Enforcement of right to surplus. Any person constructing the...

85-2-418. Purchaser not to sell surplus water - 85-2-418. Purchaser not to sell surplus water. Sections 85-2-415 through...

85-2-419. Salvaged water - 85-2-419. Salvaged water. It is the declared policy of the...

85-2-420. Change in appropriation right for aquifer recharge or mitigation -- marketing - 85-2-420. Change in appropriation right for aquifer recharge or mitigation...

85-2-421. Purpose - 85-2-421. Purpose. The purpose of 85-2-421 through 85-2-424 and 85-2-426...

85-2-422. Repealed - 85-2-422. Repealed. Sec. 5, Ch. 59, L. 2019. History: En....

85-2-423. Water right ownership update form - 85-2-423. Water right ownership update form. The chief water judge...

85-2-424. Filing - 85-2-424. Filing. (1) Except in the case of a transfer...

85-2-425. Repealed - 85-2-425. Repealed. Sec. 6, Ch. 271, L. 1985. History: En....

85-2-426. Fee - 85-2-426. Fee. (1) The department shall by rule prescribe a...

85-2-427. Terminated - 85-2-427. Terminated. Sec. 4, Ch. 236, L. 2013. History: En....

85-2-428. through 85-2-430 reserved - 85-2-428 through 85-2-430 reserved.

85-2-431. Penalty - 85-2-431. Penalty. (1) A person who fails to comply with...

85-2-432. through 85-2-435 reserved - 85-2-432 through 85-2-435 reserved.

85-2-436. Instream flow to protect, maintain, or enhance streamflows to benefit fishery resource -- change in appropriation rights - 85-2-436. Instream flow to protect, maintain, or enhance streamflows to...

85-2-437. Repealed - 85-2-437. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 448, L. 2007. History: En....

85-2-438. Repealed - 85-2-438. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 448, L. 2007. History: En....

85-2-439. Repealed - 85-2-439. Repealed. Sec. 9, Ch. 85, L. 2005. History: En....

85-2-440. Repealed - 85-2-440. Repealed. Sec. 9, Ch. 85, L. 2005. History: En....

85-2-441. Temporary use of a water right on state trust land -- restrictions on state ownership -- rescinding of noncompliant ownership interests required - 85-2-441. Temporary use of a water right on state trust...