What water will I legally have on the day I close?
The well on this land
Registration 55-504509 goes with the land when you close.
Why, who decides and sources
Why
ADWR's well registry places registration 55-504509 on this parcel.
The figures
- Domestic means water for a household and private residence, including watering under two acres to grow plants for sale, for food, or as feed for livestock or poultry.
Who decides
ADWR's well registry, updated when you file the change of ownership.
Sources
Law
- A.R.S. 45-454(M)(1)
"'Domestic purposes' means uses related to the supply, service and activities of households and private residences and includes the application of water to less than two acres of land to produce plants or parts of plants for sale or human consumption, or for use as feed for livestock, range livestock or poultry"
- A.R.S. 45-593(C)-(D)
"The person to whom a well is registered shall notify the director of a change in ownership of the well". "Within thirty days after a change of ownership of real property, the new owner shall notify the director in writing of the existence of any open well or wells on the property which the new owner has discovered."
- ADWR, FAQ for real estate and title agents
"the Department cannot guarantee that the parcel does not have a well ... The best way to tell if a parcel has a well is to physically inspect the property."
- A.R.S. 45-453(1)
"In areas outside of active management areas, a person may: 1. Withdraw and use groundwater for reasonable and beneficial use, except as provided in article 8.1 of this chapter."
- A.R.S. 45-453(3)
"3. Use groundwater for irrigation purposes within the exterior boundaries of an irrigation non-expansion area only pursuant to article 3 of this chapter."
- A.R.S. 45-182(A)
"all persons who before March 17, 1995 were using and claiming the right to withdraw or divert and make beneficial use of public waters of the state based on state law shall file ... a statement of claim for each water right asserted, on a prescribed form."
- A.R.S. 45-273(A)
"A claim of water right for a stockpond and application for certification of such right shall be typewritten or legibly written in ink and filed in duplicate with the director upon a printed form furnished by the director."
Records