The reissuance of lost certificates occurs in accordance with Colorado statute. The shareholder of record on each certificate will need to execute a Notice of Lost Certificate and submit it to the Ditch Company. Once it is received, the Applicant will arrange to have the Notice published in a paper of general circulation. The Notice runs for five consecutive weeks (29 days) and following that, 30 more days must pass to see whether another claim to the certificate(s) comes forward. If not, the Ditch Company can reissue at that point –  roughly two months.

As a condition of reissuance, the shareholder will pay all costs the Ditch Company incurs – typically, a small amount of legal time to prepare the Notice and the Publication, and then the publication costs. The shareholder will also need to make sure his/her assessments are fully paid for the current irrigation season.