California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 2 — Property, Part 4 — Acquisition of Property, Title 3 — Accession, Chapter 1 — Accession to Real Property, Section 1017
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.
Notes
Sets ownership of an island or land accumulation formed in a nonnavigable stream in the shore owner on the side where it forms. If it forms on neither side exclusively, the owners of both shores share it, divided by an imaginary line drawn through the middle of the river.
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