Each application shall be prepared in ink or typewritten on forms provided by the Department. The application shall contain the following information concerning the subject water right permit and assignment:

1. (1) The name, mailing address, e-mail address (if available), and telephone number of each applicant. Each applicant’s name shall have an assigned alphabet letter or number that corresponds with the application map as required under OAR 690-325-0050(2)(e).
2. (2) Name(s) of the water right permit holder(s).
3. (3) Water right permit number.
4. (4) Water right permit use. Must be one or more of the following uses approved for assignment under OAR 690-325-0010: irrigation, nursery, temperature control, stock watering or agricultural water use.
5. (5) A map meeting the criteria set forth in OAR 690-325-0050.
6. (6) A copy of the recorded deed showing the applicant is an owner of the land to which the water right permit is appurtenant.
7. (7) An affidavit signed by the applicant certifying that the water right permit has not been conveyed or withheld and remains appurtenant to the applicant’s land, and also certifying that the applicant has read the water right permit.
8. (8) A statement by the applicant that the most recent water use under the applicant’s portion of the water right permit, if any, has been exercised within relevant terms and conditions of the water right permit.

9. (9) Agreements to the assignment and to the request of replacement water right permits submitted jointly or individually by all owners of the land to which the water right is appurtenant; or an assignment of interest and request for the issuance of replacement water right permits by one or more of the owners of land to which the water right permit is appurtenant and information identifying other landowners not participating in the assignment and request for issuance of replacement water right permit. Such information for each landowner shall include:

   1. (a) Landowner’s name;
   2. (b) Mailing address;
   3. (c) Description of the property by public land survey and tax lot number; and
   4. (d) Number of acres, water right permit rate, and any applicable acre-feet allowance held by the landowner.
10. (10) A listing of the names and mailing addresses of any district within which the water right permit is located.
11. (11) The Department may require the applicant to provide any additional information the Department deems appropriate in determining whether or not to approve the application.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 536.027

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 537.225

History

WRD 3-2026, amend filed 03/20/2026, effective 04/01/2026
WRD 4-2014, f. & cert. ef. 11-25-14