Where, from natural causes, land forms by imperceptible degrees upon the bank of a river or stream, navigable or not navigable, either by accumulation of material or by the recession of the stream, such land belongs to the owner of the bank, subject to any existing right of way over the bank.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1014
Accession to Real Property [1013. - [1019.]]
Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case 3 Cal. 3d 462 - City of Long Beach v. Mansell (1970)
Most recently applied in 11 Cal. 4th 50 - State of California Ex Rel. State Lands Commission v. Superior Court (August 1995)
Enacted 1872.
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