Legal Resources

Self Representation

Adjudication Guidebook

Adjudication Process Flow Chart

Basic Montana Water Law

DNRC Examination Manual

DNRC Reexamination Guidebook

DNRC Water Right Query System

DNRC Website - Water Adjudication

HB-110 Exempt Claim Filing Info

ReExamination Order Issued by Montana Water Court

Supplemental Order regarding Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife and Recreation Claims

Forms

Objection Form
* 76D, 43BV, 41L, 41Q

Counter-Objection Form
* 41K

NOIA (Notice of Intent to Appear Form)
* 40Q, 40R

Request for Extension
* 76D, 43BV, 41L, 41Q

Motion to Amend

Withdrawal of Statement of Claim

Withdrawal of Objection Form

Withdrawal of NOIA

Pre-Trial Order Template

Rules and General Information

Consent to Electronic Service

Amended Local Rule 1 (Electronic Filing)

Water Rights Address Change Form

Montana Code Annotated

Montana Legislature - Water Policy Interim Committee

Order re: Preparation of Summary Reports and Issuance of Interlocutory Decrees

Rules of Civil Procedure

Rules of Evidence

State Bar of Montana

Uniform District Court Rules

Water Right Adjudication Rules

Water Right Claim Examination Rules

Water Rights in Montana (University of Montana Law School 2014 Study)

Water Rights in Montana (WPIC February, 2018)