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2019 California Code
Water Code - WAT
DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER
CHAPTER 1 - General State Policy
Section 102.
Universal Citation: CA Water Code § 102 (2019)
102.
All water within the State is the property of the people of the State, but the right to the use of water may be acquired by appropriation in the manner provided by law.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
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