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Old 06-11-2013, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Clampy View Post
Someone inform me on how you can own water ? The law reads if you can get into from a navigable water way and it doesn't go completely dry on low tide then it's public. You can own the land around the water but not the water. I know this subject has been breached before but shed some light kind sirs.
I don't know all the ins and outs, but part of the argument for private marsh is that as land has receded over the years, the owners of that lost land still have ownership of it, even though it is under water.

I may be totally offbase on this, so dont take my word for it lol.
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