2011 California Code
Civil Code
DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654 - 1422]
ARTICLE 2. Boundaries
Section [830.]


CA Civ Code § [830.] (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?

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.

(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)

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