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title: Title 44, Chapter 8. Water Rights
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date: 2025
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heading: WATER RIGHTS
title_heading: PROPERTY
section_count: 10
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# Title 44, Chapter 8. Water Rights

Title 44. Property

10 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-8.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 44-8-1, Ownership of running water; right to divert or adulterate water, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-8-1.md
- 44-8-2, Rights of adjoining owners in nonnavigable streams; principles when stream is boundary; accretions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-8-2.md
- 44-8-3, Exclusive possession by owner of nonnavigable streams; interference by legislature with lawful use, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-8-3.md
- 44-8-4, Construction of dams, canals, and appurtent works on nonnavigable streams; liability for resultant damages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-8-4.md
- 44-8-5, Rights of adjoining landowners in navigable streams; legislative findings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-8-5.md
- 44-8-6, Nonnavigable tidewaters; title; rights of adjoining landowners; principles when tidewaters are boundaries; accretions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-8-6.md
- 44-8-7, Rights of owners of land adjacent to or covered by navigable tidewaters, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-8-7.md
- 44-8-8, Exclusive appropriation of tidewaters, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-8-8.md
- 44-8-9, Construction of levees and ditches; diversion of watercourses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-8-9.md
- 44-8-10, Construction or establishment of private bridge or ferry; grant of franchise to construct or operate public bridge or ferry; compensation to landowner for interference with possession; exclusive franchises, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-8-10.md