NRS 324.230 Final proof of reclamation, settlement and occupation; patents.
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NRS 324.230 Final proof of reclamation, settlement and occupation; patents.
1. Within 1 year after a water right is available for the irrigation of the land described in a certificate of location, the settler shall cultivate and reclaim not less than one-sixteenth part of the land filed on, and within 2 years thereafter, shall have actually irrigated and cultivated not less than one-eighth. Within 3 years thereafter, the settler shall appear before the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act to make a final proof of reclamation, settlement and occupation, in such form and according to such requirements as may be prescribed by the Division or the Department of the Interior.
2. The State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act or his or her designee may administer oaths required under this chapter.
3. All proofs so received must be accompanied with the final payment for the land, and upon approval by the Division the settler is entitled to a patent.