46-739.02 Transfer of right to use ground water; recording; recovery of cost; manner.
46-739.02. Transfer of right to use groundwater; recording; recovery of cost; manner.An instrument of transfer of the rightto use ground water shall be recorded by a natural resources district withthe register of deeds in each county in which is situated the real estate,or any part thereof, from which a transfer of certified water uses or certifiedirrigated acres occurred, in any case in which a transfer of certified wateruses or certified irrigated acres has been approved by such district. Theinstrument of transfer of the right to use ground water shall include a descriptionof the real estate to and from which the certified water uses or certifiedirrigated acres were transferred, the nature of the transfer, and the dateon which the transfer occurred. The district may recover the cost of filingan instrument of transfer of the right to use ground water from the personseeking the transfer. The instrument of transfer of the right to use groundwater shall be executed, acknowledged, and recorded in the same manner asconveyances of real estate. SourceLaws 2009, LB477, § 8.