Civil Code § 1017

CHAPTER 1. Accession to Real Property [1013. - [1019.]]

Current as of September 28, 2026Civ. Code, § 1017Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

An island, or an accumulation of land, formed in a stream which is not navigable, belongs to the owner of the shore on that side where the island or accumulation is formed; or, if not formed on one side only, to the owners of the shore on the two sides, divided by an imaginary line drawn through the middle of the river.