Your Water Rights
The State Legislature has tasked the State Courts with widespread legal proceedings that could limit or strip you of your water rights if you do not take appropriate steps to protect them. You and your shareholders have probably received notice of these proceeding. You have an existing claim to water rights. Your shareholder/partners may also have an existing claim to water rights.
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Water Rights Topics
The buying, selling, and transferring of water rights can be a lengthy process. It’s very different from irrigation water and requires involvement at the state level. Fortunately, we have systems in place, 25 years of experience that enables us to shoulder the burden in the complicated transfer of water rights.
Water Shares
Each city accepts different water shares and each water share has a...
Important Concepts Regarding Water in Utah
By: Dale B. Kimsey
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DIVERSION is the change of course, scope or use of water. Your groundwater or surface source is under constant threat by other water withdrawals, administrative actions, change applications and legal proceedings.
BENEFICIAL USE is the basis, the measure and the limit of all rights to the use of water in Utah. How your beneficial use is evaluated is critical to the scope of...
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VF Law Communication
Here at Vial Fotheringham LLP, we are closely monitoring the situation arising from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and we are ready to navigate the rocky waters of whatever life throws at clients, community associations and partners. Our hearts go out to the victims and families that are directly impacted by illness.
VF lawyers are ready to help associations and other clients navigate the...
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Caution in the Face of Coronavirus: Running a UTAH HOA Without Gatherings
Whether your closet is filled with Costco toilet paper and you’re checking your phone every hour for the latest COVID-19 update or you’re urging your social-media network to stop panicking and just start washing their hands, one thing is certain: coronavirus continues to spread and, according to health professionals around the world, one thing we can do to slow the spread is avoid group...
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