Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 539.200 (2026)

Conclusiveness of determinations as to water rights

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539.200 Conclusiveness of determinations as to water rights. The determinations of the Water Resources Director, as confirmed or modified as provided by this chapter in proceedings, shall be conclusive as to all prior rights and the rights of all existing claimants upon the stream or other body of water lawfully embraced in the determination.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1959–2000 · leading case: Lesher v. Strid, 996 P.2d 988 (Or. Ct. App. 2000).

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Lesher v. Strid, 996 P.2d 988 (Or. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “ORS 539.200. 5 Plaintiffs do not challenge the conclusiveness or validity of that decree or certificate.”

Warner Valley Stock Co. v. Lynch, 336 P.2d 884 (Or. 1959). “” Oregon Laws, § 5750, now found in ORS 539.200. In the decree entered in the present case the court interpreted the decree of 1929 as recognizing a right to irrigate the Laird lands “only when waters are in Blue joint Lake in sufficient quantities to permit such irrigation.”

Alexander v. Cent. Oregon Irrigation Dist., 528 P.2d 582 (Or. Ct. App. 1974). · cites it 3× “Perry, 168 Or 132 , 111 P2d 838 , 119 P2d 581 (1941), for the proposition that a water rights adjudication is an in rem proceedings, and the decree of the court therein is “conclusive as to all prior rights and the rights of all existing claimants upon the stream or other body…”

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