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

§ 1420

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

Persons who have heretofore claimed the right to water, and who have not constructed works in which to divert it, and who have not diverted nor applied it to some useful purpose, must, after this Title takes effect, and within twenty days thereafter, proceed as in this Title provided, or their right ceases.

(Enacted 1872.)

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