The items on the following checklist should really be researched from all possible sources and placed into a Water Rights Information Package suitable for presentation, this is best accomplished by a Water Rights Professional familiar with the variety of available sources of information and the appropriate format for a particular presentation for example: presentation of a water rights details to a potential buyer will look very different than a technical presentation made solely for the purpose of submission to either the DNRC or the Montana Water Court.  If you’d like more information please contact us:

• Current owners names
• Water Right number(s)
• Priority date(s)
• Type of historic right (decreed, filed or use right)
• Purpose (and irrigation type where appropriate)
• Flow rate  -cubic feet per second – cfs (if appropriate for purpose)
• Volume  -acre feet per year – Ac.Ft./yr (if appropriate for purpose) – many decreed rights do not reflect volume
• Maximum acres (for irrigation, lawn and garden)
• Source name and type
• Point(s) and mean(s) of diversion (including reservoir specifics of appropriate) – Easement descriptions
• Period of use
• Place of use
• Decrees (if any)
• Historic use data
• District Court actions
• Geocode for point-of-diversion (POD) and point-of-use (POU)
• Record of beneficial use – production records, photos, affidavits, etc.