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DIVISION 4. WELLS, PUMPING PLANTS, CONDUITS AND STREAMS 7000-7075›CHAPTER 5. Cuts in Banks of Streams 7050-7051

§ 7050

California Water Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Every person owning or occupying lands upon the bank of any stream where the lands lying back of the stream are lower than the bank, is responsible for all damages sustained by the owners or occupants of lower lands by reason of any cut or embrasure made in the bank of the stream by the owner or occupant of the bank.

(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

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