GroundRules
70-16-201: Owner of land bounded by water.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 70. PROPERTY
- CHAPTER 16. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS INCIDENTAL TO OWNERSHIP IN REAL PROPERTY
- Part 2. Adjoining Landowners and Boundaries -- Fences
Except where the grant under which the land is held indicates a different intent, the owner of the land, when it borders upon a navigable lake or stream, takes to the edge of the lake or stream at low-water mark; when it borders upon any other water, the owner takes to the middle of the lake or stream.
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