Wyoming § 41-3-205 Rights of owner; priority of claims; subject to
appropriation and diversion

Wyoming Statutes

§ 41-3-205 — Rights of owner; priority of claims; subject to appropriation and diversion

Wyoming § 41-3-205

Title 41Water

Ch. 3WATER RIGHTS; ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL

Art. 2RIGHTS TO FOREIGN WATERS

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 41-3-205 (2026).

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The owner of foreign water is hereby declared to have the
exclusive right of beneficial use of such foreign water either
for immediate application to beneficial use or by impounding the
same in a reservoir for future application to beneficial use, as
against any claim or right to appropriate any water belonging to
the state of Wyoming, and against the right of any Wyoming
appropriator to divert water from said interstate stream for
beneficial use in Wyoming. All foreign water conveyed or allowed
to flow into the state of Wyoming is hereby declared not to be
subject to appropriation in Wyoming and not to be subject to
diversion under any Wyoming appropriation notwithstanding the
same shall flow in the channel of any natural stream within this
state and notwithstanding the same may be commin

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The owner of foreign water is hereby declared to have the
exclusive right of beneficial use of such foreign water either
for immediate application to beneficial use or by impounding the
same in a reservoir for future application to beneficial use, as
against any claim or right to appropriate any water belonging to
the state of Wyoming, and against the right of any Wyoming
appropriator to divert water from said interstate stream for
beneficial use in Wyoming. All foreign water conveyed or allowed
to flow into the state of Wyoming is hereby declared not to be
subject to appropriation in Wyoming and not to be subject to
diversion under any Wyoming appropriation notwithstanding the
same shall flow in the channel of any natural stream within this
state and notwithstanding the same may be commingled with the
waters in such stream channel owned by the state of Wyoming or
by appropriators under the laws of Wyoming.