42-121. Water rights and shares in irrigation companies; transfer.
42-121
42-121. Water rights and shares in irrigation companies; transfer.That all water rights of every kind, or shares in irrigation companies,entitling the owners and holders thereof to the use of water for irrigationpurposes, shall be appurtenant to the land upon which they are established,by the use of such water thereon, and shall pass with any and allconveyances of such land whether mentioned in the deeds of conveyance ornot, unless the same is expressly excepted from the operation of suchconveyance: Provided, however, That such water rights or shares may bethe subject of separate transfers by deed executed and recorded asconveyances of real estate, which deed shall describe the land to whichsaid water rights or shares were appurtenant and also describe the land towhich they are to become appurtenant, and subject to all laws relating tothe registration and recording of conveyances affecting the title to realestate.
History: L. 1911, ch. 215, § 1; May 22; R.S. 1923, 42-121.