DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY 1000-1422›TITLE 8. WATER RIGHTS 1414-1422

§ 1414

California Civil Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

As between appropriators, the one first in time is the first in right.

(Enacted 1872.)

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