{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-8-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-8-2","heading":"Rights of adjoining owners in nonnavigable streams; principles when stream is boundary; accretions.","body":"The beds of nonnavigable streams belong to the owner of the adjacent land. If the stream is a dividing line between two parcels of land, each owner’s boundary shall extend to the thread or the center of the main current of the water. If the current changes gradually, the boundary line follows the current. If from any cause the stream takes a new channel, the original line, if identifiable, remains the boundary. Gradual accretions of land on either side accrue to the owner of that side.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 8 Water Rights"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"1c106f95d9d037f73315a9ce7e0f8659ed37df067209dc74af0315f038af1dee","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-8-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-8-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}