Georgia § 44-8-5 - Rights of adjoining landowners in navigable streams.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 44-8-5 — Rights of adjoining landowners in navigable streams., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 44-8-5. Rights of adjoining landowners in navigable streams.
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. 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. (Orig. Code 1863, §§ 2208, 2209; Code 1868, §§ 2203, 2204; Code 1873, §§ 2229, 2230; Code 1882, §§ 2229, 2230; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3059, 3060; Civil Code 1910, §§ 3631, 3632; Code 1933, §§ 85-1303, 85-1304; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 44.) Law reviews. - For article, "Some Legal Problems Involved in Saving Georgia's Marshlands," see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 27 (1970). For article, "Public Rights in Georgia's Tidelands," see 9 Ga. L. Rev. 79 (1974). For annual survey article on real property law, see 50 Mercer L. Rev. 307 (1998).
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