Colorado River declared navigable; title to lands below high-water mark held by State.

1. Law
2. Nevada Revised Statutes
3. Navigable Waters
4. Colorado River declared navigable; title to lands below high-water mark held by State.

All of the Colorado River within the State of Nevada, from the Arizona line on the north to the California line on the south, is hereby declared to be a navigable stream for purposes of fixing ownership of the banks and bed thereof, and title to the lands below the high-water mark thereof is held by the State of Nevada, insofar as they lie within the State.

[1:97:1921; NCL § 1425]

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