Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654 - 1422]
( Heading of Division 2 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 13. ) PART 1. PROPERTY IN GENERAL [654 - 749]
( Part 1 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 2. OWNERSHIP [669 - 742]
( Title 2 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 1. Owners [669 - [671.]]
( Chapter 1 enacted 1872. ) [670.]
Section Six Hundred and Seventy. The State is the owner of all land below tide water, and below ordinary high-water mark, bordering upon tide water within the State; of all land below the water of a navigable lake or stream; of all property lawfully appropriated by it to its own use; of all property dedicated to the State; and of all property of which there is no other owner.
(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)