61-02-34. Declaration of intention to appropriate or release waters or completion of appropriation as evidence

61-02-34. Declaration of intention to appropriate or release waters or completion of appropriation as evidence. A certified copy of the record of the commission's declaration of intention to appropriate waters, or of the release of all or part of said waters, or of the completion of appropriation, shall be received as competent evidence in all courts and shall be deemed prima facie proof of all matters recited therein.