Montana § 85-2-247 Purpose

Montana Statutes

§ 85-2-247 — Purpose

Montana § 85-2-247

Title 85WATER USE

Ch. 2SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER

Part 2Adjudication of Water Rights

This text of Montana § 85-2-247 (Purpose) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Montana primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 85-2-247 (2026).

Text

85-2-247 . Purpose.

(1)Because the state of Montana is the owner of all water in the state, pursuant to Article IX, section 3, of the Montana constitution, the legislature recognizes that it is in the state's best interest to ensure that valid issues raised as a result of claims examination in the statewide adjudication of pre-July 1, 1973, water rights are resolved before a final decree is issued.

(2)If as a result of the examination or the prior verification conducted by the department an issue remark is attached to a claim, the information resulting in the issue remark and the issue remark must be weighed against the claimed water right.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

85-2-247 . Purpose. (1) Because the state of Montana is the owner of all water in the state, pursuant to Article IX, section 3, of the Montana constitution, the legislature recognizes that it is in the state's best interest to ensure that valid issues raised as a result of claims examination in the statewide adjudication of pre-July 1, 1973, water rights are resolved before a final decree is issued.
(2) If as a result of the examination or the prior verification conducted by the department an issue remark is attached to a claim, the information resulting in the issue remark and the issue remark must be weighed against the claimed water right.