NRS
533.210 Finality of decree; application for modification within 3 years
after entry; limitations on modification; notice of application.
1. The decree entered by the court, as
provided by NRS 533.185, shall be final
and shall be conclusive upon all persons and rights lawfully embraced within
the adjudication; but the State Engineer or any party or adjudicated claimant
upon any stream or stream system affected by such decree may, at any time
within 3 years from the entry thereof, apply to the court for a modification of
the decree, insofar only as the decree fixed the duty of water, and upon the
hearing of such motion the court may modify such decree increasing or
decreasing the duty of water, consistent with good husbandry, and consistent
with the principle that actual and beneficial use shall be the measure and
limit of the right.
2. Notice of application shall be given as
in civil cases.
[36a:140:1913; added 1921,
171; NCL § 7924]
Notes of Decisions
Mineral Cnty. v. Walker River Irrigation Dist., 986 F.3d 1197 (9th Cir. 2021).
· cites it 2× “3d at 429 (emphasis in original) (quoting Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.210 (1)). The County has not pointed to any statute, rule, or case law authorizing such a challenge more than 80 years after a decree has become final and conclusive.”
Mineral Co. Vs. Lyon Co. (nrap 5), 473 P.3d 418 (Nev. 2020).
· cites it 6× “NRS 533.210 expressly provides that decreed water rights "shall" be final and conclusive.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.210(1): 2 cases
Mineral Cnty. v. Walker River Irrigation Dist., 986 F.3d 1197 (9th Cir. 2021).
“3d at 429 (emphasis in original) (quoting Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.210 (1)). The County has not pointed to any statute, rule, or case law authorizing such a challenge more than 80 years after a decree has become final and conclusive.”
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