In Re Rights to the Use of Water

DURRANT, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 State Engineer Jerry D. Olds (the “State Engineer”) filed this interlocutory appeal challenging the district court’s conclusion that the Green River Canal Company (“GRCC”) filed, in 1973, a timely objection to the Proposed Determination of Water Rights in the Price River and Lower Green River Drainage. To determine whether GRCC’s 1973 objection was timely, we must decide whether section 73-4-11 of the Utah Code mandates that the state engineer serve proposed determinations of water rights only by regular mail or whether it allows personal service.…