A water permit may be recorded as any other instrument affecting the title to real property without acknowledgment or further proof. The order canceling a water right or portion of a water right must be filed by the department of water resources with the county recorder where the affected land is located and recorded as any other instrument affecting the title to real property without acknowledgment or further proof. Any document filed under this section must be listed in the index of the property affected as provided in section 11-18-07.
N.D.C.C. § 61-04-26