Idaho Statutes
§ 42-1602 — UNNECESSARY FLOW UNLAWFUL — USE FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES
Idaho § 42-1602
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Bluebook
Idaho Code § 42-1602 (2026).
Text
It shall be unlawful for the owner, tenant, or occupant of the land upon which such well is situated to cause, permit, or suffer, such common nuisance, or suffer or permit it to remain or continue; and it shall be unlawful for any person owning, possessing or occupying any land, upon which is situated an artesian well, to cause, suffer or permit the water to unnecessarily flow from such well or to go to waste: provided, however, that it shall be lawful for any such person to insert a stop and waste cock, not exceeding one (1) inch in diameter, in the piping of such well and to take and use water therefrom through such stop and waste cock at any time for household, stock or domestic purposes.
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Legislative History
[(42-1602) 1921, ch. 196, sec. 2, p. 399; I.C.A., sec. 41-1402.]
Nearby Sections
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§ 42-1001
APPLICATION TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS§ 42-1002
SETTING DATE FOR HEARING§ 42-1004
CONDUCT OF HEARING — ORDER — APPEAL§ 42-1005
MATTERS CONSIDERED IN FIXING RATE§ 42-101
NATURE OF PROPERTY IN WATER§ 42-102
MEASUREMENT OF WATER§ 42-103
RIGHT ACQUIRED BY APPROPRIATION§ 42-105
USE OF NATURAL WATERWAYS — MEASUREMENT OF COMMINGLED WATER — APPROVAL OF RIGHT TO EXCHANGE WATER§ 42-106
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Bluebook (online)
Idaho § 42-1602, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/id/42-1602.