Water Rights

If you are buying or selling farm or ranch property, or any rural property, or perhaps you are a realtor looking to assist your client in the purchase or sale involving water rights, Keller Law can assist in due diligence on the same for buyers or sellers of rural properties. We provide services ranging from comprehensive and detailed research for water rights associated with a property to more basic services such as preparation of deeds and related transfer documents of the water rights as part of the sale. Additionally, if your farm or ranch is in need of assistance for filing on new or historical water rights for your ranch headquarters, livestock ponds, or irrigation rights, Keller Law can assist in navigating the State of Colorado Water Courts or the State Engineer’s office.

WATER COURT AND APPLICATIONS

• Change of water rights
• Corrections for erroneously established points of diversion
• Simple augmentation plans
• Applications for diligence for conditional water rights
• Well permits (exempt or non-exempt)
• Challenges to abandonment proceedings

WATER WELLS

• Objections for new well permit within 600 feet of existing wells
• Well use agreements
• Well easements
• Homeowner's association common wells

WATER RIGHTS TITLE REVIEW

• Confirm ownership of water rights associated with property
• Confirm decreed water rights in amount, location, use
• Title review of property records
• Water title opinions

LAND AND WATER TRANSACTIONS

• Review water associated with land purchase or sale
• Purchase or sale of ditch company shares
• Purchase or sale of well (exempt or non-exempt)

EASEMENTS

• Confirm ditch easement rights
• Easement agreements for ditch maintenance/access

DITCH AND RESERVOIR COMPANIES

• Share transfers
• Share traces
• General representation for company matters

Please click below to fill out our Water intake form

Please click below to fill out our Water Court Case intake form