Allows courts to award attorney fees and expert witness fees in actions related to prescriptive easements for water conveyances.
Wyoming HB0079 amends the state's property laws to allow courts to award reasonable attorney fees and expert witness fees to the prevailing party in actions related to prescriptive easements for water conveyances. The bill specifies that a prescriptive easement for water conveyance can be established if a water user has used and maintained a water conveyance under a claim of right for at least ten years. The changes apply to actions brought on or after July 1, 2026.
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