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Wyo. Stat. § 41-3-323 (2026)

Deeds for water rights; attaching of rights to

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land; sale, lease, transfer or use.

The reservoir water and rights acquired under reservoir permits
and adjudications shall not attach to any particular lands
except by deed, or other sufficient instrument conveying such
water or water rights, executed by the owner or owners of such
reservoir, and such water and water rights, except when attached
to particular lands as aforesaid, may be sold, leased,
transferred and used in such manner and upon such lands as the
owner of such rights or partial rights may desire, provided,
that such water must be used for beneficial purposes.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2003–2003 · leading case: In Re the Gen. Adjudication of All Rights to Use Water in the Big Horn River Sys., 2004 WY 21 (Wyo. 2003).
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In Re the Gen. Adjudication of All Rights to Use Water in the Big Horn River Sys., 2004 WY 21 (Wyo. 2003). · cites it 2× “water, and the right to sell or lease a portion or all his right to the impounded waters,” see Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 41-3-320 (LexisNexis 2003); and (4) reservoir water need not “attach to any particular lands” and “may be sold, leased, transferred and used in such manner and upon…”
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