Form 16-9

Partial Release of Lien

[Water Rights On-Site Production]

Notice of confidentiality rights: If you are a natural person, you may remove or strike any or all of the following information from any instrument that transfers an interest in real property before it is filed for record in the public records: your Social Security number or your driver’s license number.

Date:

Holder of Note and Lien:

Holder’s Mailing Address:

Owner of Groundwater Rights:

Owner’s Mailing Address:

Note

Date:

Original principal amount:

Borrower:

Lender:

Note and Lien Are Described in the Following Documents: [include recording information]

“Groundwater” means all of the underground water, percolating water, artesian water, and any other water from any and all depths and reservoirs, formations, depths and horizons beneath the surface of the Real Property, excluding underflow or flow in a defined subterra­nean channel.

“Reserved Groundwater” means the right of the Borrower to use Groundwater in, on, and under the Real Property as more fully set out and described in the Groundwater Rights Warranty Deed from Borrower to Owner of Groundwater Rights of even date, recorded in the county or counties where the Real Property is located.

“Real Property” means the following: [describe real property].

“Property to Be Released from Lien” means all the Groundwater now or in the future located in, on, or under the Real Property, excepting and excluding the Reserved Groundwa­ter, together with all associated rights related to the Groundwater, including but not limited to the right to capture, explore for, drill for, develop, withdraw, produce, transport, or otherwise beneficially use the Groundwater; the nonexclusive right to use as much of the surface of the Real Property as is reasonably necessary for the exercise of the associated rights, including the right of ingress and egress; and all permits, licenses, or other governmental authorizations relating to any of the foregoing, including rights under any permit issued by the applicable governmental authority.

For value received, Holder of Note and Lien releases only the Property to Be Released from Lien and from all liens held by Holder of Note and Lien, without regard to how they were created or evidenced.

When the context requires, singular nouns and pronouns include the plural.

   
[Name of lienholder]

By:
      
[Name of representative]
      
[Title]