# Diversion Rights

**IRI:** https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RCbTzAu806zaUHfadN7BgNg

## Labels

**Preferred Label:** Appropriative Rights

**Alternative Labels:**

- Prior Appropriation Rights

## Definition

Also known as "appropriative rights," diversion rights allow entities to divert water from its natural source for use in a different location. These rights are typically granted based on a "first in time, first in right" principle, meaning the earliest users have senior rights to the water source. This system is common in parts of the western United States.

## Sub Class Of

- https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RCzQzQSPRAB9cLkvDtBJFn

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