California Civil Code TITLE 8 - WATER RIGHTS

• Section 1414.
  As between appropriators, the one first in time is the first in right.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1415.
  A person desiring to appropriate water must post a notice, in writing, in a conspicuous place at the point of intended diversion, stating therein:1. That he...
• Section 1416.
  Within sixty days after the notice is posted, the claimant must commence the excavation or construction of the works in which he intends to divert...
• Section 1417.
  By “completion” is meant conducting the waters to the place of intended use.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1418.
  By a compliance with the above rules the claimant’s right to the use of the water relates back to the time the notice was posted.(Enacted
• Section 1419.
  A failure to comply with such rules deprives the claimants of the right to the use of the water as against a subsequent claimant who...
• Section 1420.
  Persons who have heretofore claimed the right to water, and who have not constructed works in which to divert it, and who have not diverted...
• Section 1421.
  The Recorder of each county must keep a book, in which he must record the notices provided for in this Title.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1422.
  If the place of intended diversion or any part of the route of intended conveyance of water so claimed, be within, and a part of,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018