California CodesCivil Code - CIVDivision 2 — PropertyPart 2 — Real or Immovable Property [755 – 945.5]Title 3 — Rights and Obligations of OwnersChapter 1 — Rights of OwnersArticle 2 — BoundariesSection 830

Section Eight Hundred and Thirty. Except where the grant under which the land is held indicates a different intent, the owner of the upland, when it borders on tide water, takes to ordinary high-water mark; when it borders upon a navigable lake or stream, where there is no tide, the owner takes to the edge of the lake or stream, at low-water mark; when it borders upon any other water, the owner takes to the middle of the lake or stream.

Notes

Sets waterfront boundaries absent a contrary intent in the grant: upland bordering tidal water extends to ordinary high-water mark; upland bordering a nontidal navigable lake or stream extends to the low-water edge; and upland bordering other water extends to the middle of the lake or stream.

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