Under U.S. common law, anyone who owns land adjacent to navigable water also owns property under the water. This is the doctrine of:

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Under the U.S. common law, anyone who owns land adjacent to navigable water also owns property under the water. This doctrine is called riparian rights and it gives the ownership of underwater property generally to the center of the body and also gives it the rights of access as well.

Under US Common Law, Anyone Who Owns Land Adjacent to Navigable