California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 2 — Property, Part 4 — Acquisition of Property, Title 3 — Accession, Chapter 1 — Accession to Real Property, Section 1014

Where, from natural causes, land forms by imperceptible degrees upon the bank of a river or stream, navigable or not navigable, either by accumulation of material or by the recession of the stream, such land belongs to the owner of the bank, subject to any existing right of way over the bank.

Notes

Establishes that land gradually and imperceptibly formed on a river or stream bank through material accumulation or recession of the water belongs to the bank owner, whether the waterway is navigable or not. The newly formed land remains subject to any existing right of way over the bank.

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