Oklahoma Statutes

Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 1020.3 (2026)

Domestic use - Spacing of wells and waste

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Any landowner has a right to take ground water from land owned by him for domestic use without a permit. Wells for domestic use shall not be subject to well spacing orders, but are subject to sanctions against waste. Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 3, eff. July 1, 1973.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2006–2006 · leading case: Jacobs Ranch, L.L.C. v. Smith, 2006 OK 34 (Okla. 2006).

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Jacobs Ranch, L.L.C. v. Smith, 2006 OK 34 (Okla. 2006). · cites it 2× “82 O.S.2001, § 1020.3. [5] Apparently, the Canadian County municipalities plan to transport the water through some eighty miles of pipeline from the Arbuckle-Simpson Groundwater Basin to Canadian County.”

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