North Dakota § 61-04-03.1 Limitation on amount of water

North Dakota Statutes

§ 61-04-03.1 — Limitation on amount of water

North Dakota § 61-04-03.1

Title 61Waters

Ch. 61-04Appropriation of Water

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N.D. Cent. Code § 61-04-03.1 (2026).

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An applicant may not apply for a permit or permits for irrigation which, if approved, would
enable a person, at any one time, to hold a conditional water permit or permits for more than
seven hundred twenty acre-feet [888106.75 cubic meters] of water from a single surface or
ground water source that has not been applied to beneficial use. Applications submitted in
violation of this section may not be assigned a priority date and must be returned to the
applicant by the department of water resources. This section may not apply to water permit
applications from the Missouri River or to applications submitted by irrigation districts organized
pursuant to this title. For the purposes of this section, "person", when applied to an individual,
means the individual and the individual's spouse and 

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An applicant may not apply for a permit or permits for irrigation which, if approved, would
enable a person, at any one time, to hold a conditional water permit or permits for more than
seven hundred twenty acre-feet [888106.75 cubic meters] of water from a single surface or
ground water source that has not been applied to beneficial use. Applications submitted in
violation of this section may not be assigned a priority date and must be returned to the
applicant by the department of water resources. This section may not apply to water permit
applications from the Missouri River or to applications submitted by irrigation districts organized
pursuant to this title. For the purposes of this section, "person", when applied to an individual,
means the individual and the individual's spouse and dependents within the meaning of the
Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. 152].