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Oregon Revised Statutes
Title 45 - WATER RESOURCES: IRRIGATION, DRAINAGE, FLOOD CONTROL, RECLAMATIONChapter 540 - DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE OF WATER; WATERMASTERS; WATER RIGHT CHANGES, TRANSFERS AND FORFEITURES
HYDRAULIC WORKS AND STRUCTURES; MEASURING DEVICES; DITCH RIGHT OF WAY
Section 540.420 - Jointly owned ditches; performance by co-owner; recovery for default

ORS § 540.420

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Section 540.420 - Jointly owned ditches; performance by co-owner; recovery for default

In all cases where ditches are owned by two or more persons and one or more of such persons fails or neglects to do a proportionate share of the work necessary for the proper maintenance and operation of the ditch, or to construct suitable headgates or measuring devices at the points where water is diverted from the main ditch, the owner desiring the performance of such work may, after having given 10 days' written notice to the other owner who has failed to perform a proportionate share of the work, perform such share, and recover therefor from the person in default the reasonable expense of the work.

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