Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 207.225 (2026)

Unlawful diversion of irrigation water

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NRS 207.225 Unlawful diversion of irrigation water. Any person who knowingly diverts or causes to be diverted to his or her own or some other person’s use any irrigation water to which another person has a vested right, without such rightful user’s permission, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 883)

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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Bryan Range v. Attorney Gen. United States (3rd Cir. 2022).

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Bryan Range v. Attorney Gen. United States (3rd Cir. 2022). “There is good reason that the criminal codes of arid states like Nevada and Colorado include offenses like diverting irrigation water, Nev. Rev. Stat. § 207.225 (2021), and causing prairie fires, Colo.”

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