Wat. Code, § 7051 · Chapter 5. Cuts in Banks of Streams
Wat. Code, § 7051
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
If the cuts were made for the purpose of irrigation, and headgates and culverts were installed which competent persons consider sufficient to restrain the water, and if great diligence was used to prevent damage, these facts may be pleaded and proved in mitigation of damages.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.
Source of truth
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- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=7051.
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