2015 Georgia Code
Title 44 - PROPERTY
Chapter 8 - WATER RIGHTS
§ 44-8-5 - Rights of adjoining landowners in navigable streams
(a) As used in this chapter, the term "navigable stream" means a stream which is capable of transporting boats loaded with freight in the regular course of trade either for the whole or a part of the year. The mere rafting of timber or the transporting of wood in small boats shall not make a stream navigable.
(b) The rights of the owner of lands which are adjacent to navigable streams extend to the low-water mark in the bed of the stream.
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