DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 2. REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY [[755.] - 945.5.]›TITLE 3. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF OWNERS 818-855›CHAPTER 1. Rights of Owners 818-835›ARTICLE 2. Boundaries 829-835

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

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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