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Cal. Water Code § 1450 (2026)

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Any application properly made gives to the applicant a priority of right as of the date of the application until such application is approved or rejected. Such priority continues only so long as the provisions of law and the rules and regulations of the board are followed by the applicant.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1959–2003 · leading case: Del Puerto Water Dist. v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 271 F. Supp. 2d 1224 (E.D. Cal. 2003).
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Del Puerto Water Dist. v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 271 F. Supp. 2d 1224 (E.D. Cal. 2003). “Parties who receive water do not file appropriation permits with the California DWR, as is normally required to perfect priority of the right to take water from a California water source, see *1248 Cal.”
Westlands Water Dist. v. United States, 153 F. Supp. 2d 1133 (E.D. Cal. 2001). “The Bureau owns all the state-law rights to CVP water, which it uses to operate the CVP as an integrated unit. Parties who receive water from the CVP do not file appropriation permits with the California State Water Resources Control Board, as is normally required to perfect…”
Cnty. of Trinity v. Andrus, 438 F. Supp. 1368 (E.D. Cal. 1977). “Cal.Water Code §§ 1450, 1455 (West 1971).”
Cnty. of Amador v. State Bd. of Equalization, 240 Cal. App. 2d 205 (Cal. Ct. App. 1966). “2d 722 ]; Wat. Code, § 1450.) This right is an inchoate right, an incomplete right subject to defeasance, but it is a possessory interest in real property.”
Eaton v. State Water Rights Bd., 340 P.2d 722 (Cal. Ct. App. 1959). “” (Wat. Code, § 1450.) “The board may grant, or refuse to grant a permit and may reject any application, after hearing.”
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