DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY 1000-1422›TITLE 3. ACCESSION 1013-1033›CHAPTER 1. Accession to Real Property [1013. - [1019.]]

§ 1018

California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

If a stream, navigable or not navigable, in forming itself a new arm, divides itself and surrounds land belonging to the owner of the shore, and thereby forms an island, the island belongs to such owner.

(Enacted 1872.)

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