ARTICLE 9. Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to State Lands [7991. - 7993.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 9.
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Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 7991. Section 7991.

The shore and the bed of the ocean or of any navigable channel or stream or bay or inlet within the State, between ordinary high and low water mark, over which the ordinary tide ebbs and flows is hereby withheld from sale.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 7992. Section 7992.

If any person, under any pretense of any claim inconsistent with the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the State, intrudes upon any of the waste or ungranted lands of the State, the district attorney of the county shall immediately report the intrusion to the Governor, who shall thereupon, by a written order, direct the sheriff of the county to remove the intruder. If resistance to the execution of the order is made or threatened, the sheriff may call to his aid the power of the county, as in cases of resistance to the writs of the people.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 7993. Section 7993.

When State lands, upon which the full purchase price has not been paid, have been sold to the State for delinquent taxes and the deed therefor to the State has been forwarded to and filed with the commission, such lands shall again become subject to entry and sale in the same manner, and subject to the same conditions, as apply to State lands of like character.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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