Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 537.030 (2026)

Winnemucca Lake declared navigable; title to bed held by State

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NRS 537.030 Winnemucca Lake declared navigable; title to bed held by State. Winnemucca Lake, located in Townships 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 North, Ranges 23 and 24 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada, is a navigable body of water and title to the bed thereof is held by the State of Nevada.

[1:51:1921; NCL § 8345]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1970–1979 · leading case: State Eng'r v. Cowles Bros., Inc., 478 P.2d 159 (Nev. 1970).

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State Eng'r v. Cowles Bros., Inc., 478 P.2d 159 (Nev. 1970). · cites it 19× “The State Engineer also asserted that because NRS 537.030, passed in 1921, declares Winnemucca Lake to be a navigable body of water, title of the bed thereof remains in the State of Nevada.”

Peterson v. Morton, 465 F. Supp. 986 (D. Nev. 1979). “030 which provided that Winnemucca Lake was a navigable body of water and title to the bed thereof was held by the State of Nevada, did not abrogate the common law rule of reliction and held that a strip of land from which the waters of Winnemucca Lake had receded was not owned…”

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