Surface water appropriation procedure—Division of land ownership before certificate issued.
Where a permit has been issued to a person and the land to which the water right is to become appurtenant has been divided before the issuance of a water right certificate, separate certificates may be issued to each holder of land with the proper share of the water allotted, providing assignments of each share are recorded with the department of ecology. (Supplements RCW 90.03.380.)