California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Civil Code - CIV |
Division 2. PROPERTY |
Part 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY |
Title 3. ACCESSION |
Chapter 1. Accession to Real Property |
Section 1017.
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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.
(Enacted 1872.)