{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-8-5","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-8-5","heading":"Rights of adjoining landowners in navigable streams.","body":"(a) As used in this chapter, the term “navigable stream” means a stream which is capable of transporting boats loaded with freight in the regular course of trade either for the whole or a part of the year. The mere rafting of timber or the transporting of wood in small boats shall not make a stream navigable.\n(b) The rights of the owner of lands which are adjacent to navigable streams extend to the low-water mark in the bed of the stream.","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":"5193126d40aad2450df4d96887d2a4672c459176865fb224086115ab395371f2","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-8-4","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-8-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}