Except as otherwise provided in NRS 533.027, 533.028 and 534.065, any person who wishes to appropriate any of the public waters, or to change the place of diversion, manner of use or place of use of water already appropriated, shall, before performing any work in connection with such appropriation, change in place of diversion or change in manner or place of use, apply to the State Engineer for a permit to do so. [Part 59:140:1913; A 1919, 71; 1951, 132]—(NRS A 1991, 859; 2017, 1433; 2019, 2525; 2021, 1444)
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