Viewing an earlier version · effective May 10, 2016View current - (1) The filing of each statement of claim shall be considered notice to all persons of the claim of the party making the same, and failing to make and deliver such statement of claim to the state engineer or the district court within the time prescribed by Section 73-4-5, or as extended pursuant to Section 73-4-10, shall be considered evidence of an intent to abandon the right.
- (2) If a claimant fails to timely file a statement of claim, as provided in this chapter, for a right not of record in the state engineer's office, the claimant is forever barred and estopped from subsequently asserting the unclaimed right.