Wyoming § 41-3-302 Application for construction permit; conditions;
secondary permit; certificate of appropriation

Wyoming Statutes

§ 41-3-302 — Application for construction permit; conditions; secondary permit; certificate of appropriation

Wyoming § 41-3-302

Title 41Water

Ch. 3WATER RIGHTS; ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL

Art. 3RESERVOIRS

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 41-3-302 (2026).

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All applications under this article shall be subject to the
provisions of W.S. 41-4-502 through 41-4-510, 41-4-517 and
41-3-615, which set forth the duties and authority of the state
engineer and provide for the protection of the rights of
applicants; provided that an enumeration of any lands proposed
to be irrigated under this article shall not be required in the
primary permit, provided, further, that any party or parties
desiring to appropriate such stored water to particular lands
may file with the state engineer an application for permit to be
known herein as the secondary permit, in compliance with the
provisions of W.S. 41-4-501 through 41-4-510 and 41-4-517. In
the event secondary permit may be desired, said application
shall refer to such reservoir for a supply of water and the
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All applications under this article shall be subject to the
provisions of W.S. 41-4-502 through 41-4-510, 41-4-517 and
41-3-615, which set forth the duties and authority of the state
engineer and provide for the protection of the rights of
applicants; provided that an enumeration of any lands proposed
to be irrigated under this article shall not be required in the
primary permit, provided, further, that any party or parties
desiring to appropriate such stored water to particular lands
may file with the state engineer an application for permit to be
known herein as the secondary permit, in compliance with the
provisions of W.S. 41-4-501 through 41-4-510 and 41-4-517. In
the event secondary permit may be desired, said application
shall refer to such reservoir for a supply of water and the
state engineer shall not approve of said application and issue
secondary permit until the applicant thereunder shall show to
such state engineer by documentary evidence that he has entered
into an agreement with the owners of the reservoir for a
permanent and sufficient interest in said reservoir to impound
enough water for the purposes set forth in said application.
When beneficial use has been completed and perfected under the
said secondary permit the division superintendent shall take the
proof of the water user under such permit and the final
certificate of appropriations shall refer to both the ditch
described in the secondary permit and the reservoir described in
the primary permit.