# Utah Code § 73-3-5: Action by engineer on applications > Utah · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_5 ## Section - **Citation:** Utah Code § 73-3-5 - **Heading:** Action by engineer on applications - **Jurisdiction:** Utah - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Utah Code / Title 73 / Chapter 73-3 / § 73-3-5 ## Text (1) On receipt of an application containing the information required by Section 73-3-2, and payment of the filing fee, the state engineer shall endorse the application with the date of its receipt to make a record of the receipt for that purpose. (2) The state engineer shall examine the application and determine whether any corrections, amendments or changes are required for clarity and if so, see that such changes are made before further processing. The state engineer may not construe an application for a split season change or other potentially complicated change as incomplete or unacceptable if the application satisfies the filing requirements under Section 73-3-3 and payment of the respective filing fee is made. (3) An application that complies with this chapter and with the regulations of the state engineer shall be filed and recorded. (4) The state engineer may issue a temporary receipt to drill a well at any time after the filing of an application to appropriate water from the well, as provided by this section if the fees be advanced and if in the state engineer's judgment there is unappropriated water available in the proposed source and there is no likelihood of impairment of existing rights, except that the issuance of a temporary receipt does not dispense with the publishing of notice and the final approval or rejection of the application by the state engineer, as provided by this chapter. (5) The state engineer may send the necessary notices and address correspondence relating to an application to the owner thereof as shown by the state engineer's records, or to the owner's attorney in fact provided a written power of attorney is filed in the state engineer's office. ## Nearby sections - [Utah Code § 73-3-1 § 73-3-1. Appropriation -- Manner of acquiring water rights.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_1.md) - [Utah Code § 73-3-1.5 § 73-3-1.5. Capture and storage of precipitation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_1.5.md) - [Utah Code § 73-3-2 § 73-3-2. Application for right to use unappropriated public water -- Necessity -- Form -- Contents -- Validation of prior applications by state or United States or officer or agency thereof.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_2.md) - [Utah Code § 73-3-3 § 73-3-3. Changes to a water right.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_3.md) - [Utah Code § 73-3-3.5 § 73-3-3.5. Application for a change of point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use of water in a water company made by a shareholder.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_3.5.md) - [Utah Code § 73-3-4 § 73-3-4. "Received," "filed" defined.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_4.md) - [Utah Code § 73-3-5 § 73-3-5. Action by engineer on applications.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_5.md) - [Utah Code § 73-3-5.5 § 73-3-5.5. Temporary applications to appropriate water -- Approval by engineer -- Expiration -- Proof of appropriation not required.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_5.5.md) - [Utah Code § 73-3-5.6 § 73-3-5.6. Applications to appropriate or permanently change a small amount of water -- Proof of appropriation or change.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_5.6.md) - [Utah Code § 73-3-6 § 73-3-6. Publication of notice of application -- Corrections or amendments of applications -- Confirmation -- Withdrawal of application.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_6.md) - [Utah Code § 73-3-7 § 73-3-7. Protests.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_7.md) - [Utah Code § 73-3-8 § 73-3-8. Approval or rejection of application -- Requirements for approval -- Application for specified period of time -- Filing of royalty contract for removal of salt or minerals -- Request for agency action.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_8.md) - [Utah Code § 73-3-10 § 73-3-10. Approval or rejection of application.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_10.md) - [Utah Code § 73-3-11 § 73-3-11. Statement of financial ability of applicants.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_11.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T73_S73_3_5. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.