Wat. Code, § 1201 · Article 1. Water Subject to Appropriation
Wat. Code, § 1201
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
All water flowing in any natural channel, excepting so far as it has been or is being applied to useful and beneficial purposes upon, or in so far as it is or may be reasonably needed for useful and beneficial purposes upon lands riparian thereto, or otherwise appropriated, is hereby declared to be public water of the State and subject to appropriation in accordance with the provisions of this code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.
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