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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Public access to creeks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">My understanding is that if the stream was navigable on the date of statehood (11/11/1889) then the state owns the
<i>bed</i> of the stream. If the stream is not navigable, the abutting uplands owners own the bed of the stream. There is no "30 foot" rule of state ownership that I have ever heard about, and no state ownership of a non-navigable stream. The partiers should
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<p class="xmsonormal">Listmates While I am sure that different waterways have different rules ( navigable v. non navigable for example) is anyone familiar with any rule that says the state owns or has rights over 30 feet on each side on a non navigable stream?
Client has neighbors claiming they can use 30 feet of his property adjoining the water for their drunken frolics as it is “state land”. Never heard of that before. Anyone else?
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