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California Civil Code

§ 1017

CIV § 1017Div. 2 · Title 3 · Part 4 · Ch. 1

Statute text

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An island, or an accumulation of land, formed in a stream which is not navigable, belongs to the owner of the shore on that side where the island or accumulation is formed; or, if not formed on one side only, to the owners of the shore on the two sides, divided by an imaginary line drawn through the middle of the river.

Legislative history

Enacted 1872.

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