California Code
DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS
PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 6001. - 6001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions and...

Section 6002. - 6002. “Commission” means the State Lands Commission. (Added by Stats....

Section 6003. - 6003. “City” includes “city and county.” (Added by Stats. 1941,...

Section 6004. - 6004. “Oil and gas” includes oil, gas and all other...

Section 6005. - 6005. Whenever permissive authority or discretion is vested in any...

Section 6006. - 6006. The repeal of Chapter 303 of the Statutes of...

Section 6007. - 6007. The repeal by this code of any provision of...

Section 6008. - 6008. In order to protect the public’s access to, and...

Section 6009. - 6009. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 6009.1. - 6009.1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 6010. - 6010. The repeal of any provision of law codified in...

CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands

Section 6101. - 6101. There is a State Lands Commission in the Resources...

Section 6102. - 6102. The commission is the successor to, and is vested...

Section 6103. - 6103. The commission shall administer all laws and statutes committed...

Section 6103.2. - 6103.2. (a) The State Lands Commission and the Division of...

Section 6103.4. - 6103.4. The State Lands Commission and the Division of State...

Section 6103.6. - 6103.6. All officers and employees of the State Lands Commission...

Section 6103.8. - 6103.8. The State Lands Commission and the Division of State...

Section 6104. - 6104. The commission shall meet, upon due notice to all...

Section 6105. - 6105. The commission shall adopt rules governing the conduct of...

Section 6106. - 6106. The commission may, by resolution, authorize any of its...

Section 6107. - 6107. Whenever the commission, pursuant to authority granted to it...

Section 6108. - 6108. The commission may make and enforce all reasonable and...

Section 6110. - 6110. The State Lands Commission may, by resolution, designate an...

Section 6111. - 6111. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of...

CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally

Section 6201. - 6201. The commission may periodically classify any or all state...

Section 6202. - 6202. The commission may make surveys and subdivisions of lands...

Section 6203. - 6203. On or before the first Monday in March in...

Section 6204. - 6204. The commission shall, when required, survey and mark the...

Section 6206. - 6206. The commission shall provide the necessary record books and...

Section 6206.5. - 6206.5. The commission is hereby empowered to apply to the...

Section 6207. - 6207. The commission shall keep separate accounts and records in...

Section 6208. - 6208. The commission shall also keep plats of such lands,...

Section 6209. - 6209. When certificates of purchase or patents are issued, the...

Section 6210. - 6210. The commission shall represent the State in all contests...

Section 6210.1. - 6210.1. When the commission desires to take testimony under the...

Section 6210.2. - 6210.2. The commission may withdraw from sale any of the...

Section 6210.3. - 6210.3. The commission may grant easements and rights-of-way to the...

Section 6210.4. - 6210.4. No lands owned by the State which lands front...

Section 6210.4a. - 6210.4a. All conveyances by the State of the sixteenth and...

Section 6210.5. - 6210.5. No lands owned by the State, which lands provide...

Section 6210.6. - 6210.6. Notwithstanding Section 6210.5, the commission is not required to...

Section 6210.7. - 6210.7. The commission may amend or terminate any lease, easement,...

Section 6210.8. - 6210.8. Whenever a navigable river or slough becomes abandoned and...

Section 6210.9. - 6210.9. If the commission has public land, including school land,...

Section 6211. - 6211. (a) Whenever a parcel of timbered land under the...

Section 6212. - 6212. (a) Upon appropriation of moneys by the Legislature for...

Section 6212.2. - 6212.2. The commission may, under such rules and regulations as...

Section 6212.3. - 6212.3. (a) The commission may authorize, by permit, the conduct...

Section 6213. - 6213. Whenever it appears by final decree of any court...

Section 6213.5. - 6213.5. (a) (1) The commission shall consult, and enter into...

Section 6214. - 6214. Fees shall be charged and collected by the commission...

Section 6215. - 6215. As to lands heretofore sold by this State with...

Section 6216. - 6216. This section is enacted for the purpose of declaring...

Section 6216.1. - 6216.1. The commission may remove or cause to be removed...

Section 6216.5. - 6216.5. The commission may prescribe such rules and regulations for...

Section 6217. - 6217. With the exception of revenue derived from state school...

Section 6217.1. - 6217.1. (a) This section and the process described in this...

Section 6217.2. - 6217.2. Notwithstanding Section 16304.1 of the Government Code, a disbursement...

Section 6217.3. - 6217.3. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 6217.5. - 6217.5. Except for the revenues distributed pursuant to Section 3826,...

Section 6217.6. - 6217.6. All rental income received for surface uses, including, but...

Section 6217.6.1. - 6217.6.1. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 6217.7. - 6217.7. All net revenues, moneys, and remittances from the sale...

Section 6217.8. - 6217.8. (a) For purposes of this section, “fund” means the...

Section 6218. - 6218. The commission may charge and collect reasonable fees for...

Section 6219. - 6219. The commission may, if it determines it is in...

Section 6220. - 6220. Whenever authority is not vested in another officer, agency...

Section 6221. - 6221. Any instrumentality, district, agency, or political subdivision of the...

Section 6222. - 6222. No county, city, district, political subdivision, agency or officer...

Section 6223. - 6223. Applications for purchase, or lease of state lands shall...

Section 6224. - 6224. The commission may adopt rules and regulations which provide...

Section 6224.1. - 6224.1. Any person who trespasses upon any lands owned or...

Section 6224.2. - 6224.2. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), any...

Section 6224.3. - 6224.3. (a) A person shall not construct, place, maintain, own,...

Section 6224.4. - 6224.4. (a) Before the commission considers whether to pursue a...

Section 6224.5. - 6224.5. (a) If, as of January 1, 2013, a person...

Section 6225. - 6225. (a) The commission shall conduct research, investigations, and title...

CHAPTER 3.2 - Sea Grant Program

Section 6230. - 6230. An amount specified in the annual Budget Act shall...

Section 6231. - 6231. There shall be a Sea Grant Advisory Panel consisting...

Section 6232. - 6232. The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall appoint...

Section 6233. - 6233. (a) The Senate Committee on Rules shall appoint one...

Section 6234. - 6234. The Secretary of the Resources Agency, or the secretary’s...

Section 6235. - 6235. All advisory panel members shall serve without compensation. (Added...

Section 6236. - 6236. The Sea Grant research projects selected for the state...

Section 6237. - 6237. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 6238. - 6238. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude...

CHAPTER 3.4 - California Coastal Sanctuary

Section 6240. - 6240. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 6241. - 6241. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that offshore oil...

Section 6242. - 6242. (a) A California Coastal Sanctuary is hereby created which...

Section 6243. - 6243. Notwithstanding any provision of Article 4 (commencing with Section...

Section 6244. - 6244. The commission may enter into any lease for the...

Section 6245. - 6245. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), the commission...

CHAPTER 4 - Administration and Control of Swamp, Overflowed, Tide, or Submerged Lands, and Structures Thereon

ARTICLE 1 - Administration and Control Generally

Section 6301. - 6301. The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over all ungranted tidelands...

Section 6301.2. - 6301.2. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Governor’s Reorganization...

Section 6301.5. - 6301.5. The commission may act in behalf of the State...

Section 6301.6. - 6301.6. If any funds are impounded pursuant to Section 6301.5...

Section 6301.7. - 6301.7. The commission may negotiate with, and with the approval...

Section 6302. - 6302. The commission may eject from any tide and submerged...

Section 6302.1. - 6302.1. (a) (1) The commission may take immediate action, without...

Section 6302.2. - 6302.2. (a) The commission shall, in consultation with other relevant...

Section 6302.3. - 6302.3. (a) The commission, at a properly noticed commission hearing,...

Section 6302.4. - 6302.4. (a) At the request of the commission, an employee...

Section 6303. - 6303. (a) The commission may grant the privilege of depositing...

Section 6303.1. - 6303.1. Any person who knowingly and willfully fills, dredges, or...

Section 6304. - 6304. The commission may cooperate with the Coastal Engineering Research...

Section 6305. - 6305. The powers granted by this chapter to the commission...

Section 6306. - 6306. (a) For purposes of this division, “local trustee of...

Section 6306.1. - 6306.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Lands...

Section 6306.2. - 6306.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order...

Section 6307. - 6307. (a) The commission may enter into an exchange, with...

Section 6307.1. - 6307.1. (a) This section applies only to land in which...

Section 6308. - 6308. If an action or proceeding is commenced by or...

Section 6309. - 6309. (a) The commission shall administer the Shipwreck and Historic...

Section 6310. - 6310. Whenever tide and submerged lands granted in trust to...

Section 6311. - 6311. It is hereby declared to be the policy of...

Section 6311.5. - 6311.5. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...

Section 6312. - 6312. Neither the state, nor any political subdivision thereof, shall...

Section 6313. - 6313. (a) The title to all abandoned shipwrecks and all...

Section 6314. - 6314. (a) A person who removes, without authorization from the...

ARTICLE 2 - Control of Structures

Section 6321. - 6321. The commission may, upon written application of the littoral...

Section 6321.2. - 6321.2. In addition to the fees provided in Section 6321,...

Section 6322. - 6322. The commission may also remove or require to be...

Section 6323. - 6323. If accretions are caused or occasioned by any such...

Section 6324. - 6324. If by reason of any grant to any municipality,...

Section 6325. - 6325. The authority granted under this chapter does not obviate...

Section 6326. - 6326. Nothing in this chapter abridges any right of the...

Section 6327. - 6327. The commission may, upon written application, grant a permit...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Survey and Mapping of Ungranted Tide and Submerged Lands

Section 6331. - 6331. As used in this article: (a) “Ungranted tidelands” means...

Section 6331.5. - 6331.5. The commission shall make an inventory to ascertain and...

Section 6332. - 6332. The commission shall: (a) Adopt and enforce such rules...

Section 6333. - 6333. The commission shall prepare and adopt, on or before...

Section 6334. - 6334. After completing the “Preliminary Map of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries...

Section 6335. - 6335. On or before December 31, 1989, any local agency...

Section 6336. - 6336. The commission may negotiate with any person or local...

Section 6337. - 6337. Before adopting the Master Map of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries...

Section 6338. - 6338. On or before December 31, 1992, the commission shall...

Section 6339. - 6339. (a) Boundaries established by boundary agreements entered into and...

Section 6340. - 6340. The inventory required by this article shall not extend...

Section 6341. - 6341. Any boundary line agreement entered into pursuant to Section...

Section 6342. - 6342. The commission may enter into boundary line agreements with...

ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Establishment of Ordinary High-Water and Low-Water Mark

Section 6357. - 6357. The commission may establish the ordinary high-water mark or...

Section 6358. - 6358. On receipt of a request from the legislative body...

Section 6359. - 6359. Whenever by legislative enactment tide or submerged lands of...

Section 6360. - 6360. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the boundary line...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Development of State Lands

Section 6370. - 6370. The commission, acting in concert with the Resources Agency...

Section 6370.1. - 6370.1. The Office of Planning and Research shall, for purposes...

Section 6370.2. - 6370.2. The commission shall submit a final report to the...

Section 6371. - 6371. Until submission of the report required in Section 6370.2...

Section 6373. - 6373. At least 10 days before the commission authorizes a...

Section 6376. - 6376. It is the intent of the Legislature that any...

Section 6377. - 6377. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to...

Section 6378. - 6378. The commission shall determine the ownership of all salmon...

CHAPTER 5 - Reservation of Minerals

Section 6401. - 6401. (a) All oil, gas, oil shale, coal, phosphate, sodium,...

Section 6401.5. - 6401.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6401, the commission may sell to...

Section 6402. - 6402. All applications to purchase state public lands and all...

Section 6403. - 6403. This chapter shall not be construed as applicable to...

Section 6404. - 6404. Any state agency that sells any of the lands...

Section 6405. - 6405. The commission shall have the sole responsibility for and...

Section 6406. - 6406. The commission is hereby authorized to sell, exchange, rent,...

Section 6407. - 6407. This section is enacted for the purpose of declaring...

CHAPTER 6 - Exchange of Certain Lands With the Federal Government

Section 6441. - 6441. Public lands of the State, situated within the exterior...

Section 6442. - 6442. Public lands of the State, situated within the exterior...

Section 6443. - 6443. The commission may cooperate with the Secretary of the...

Section 6444. - 6444. Whenever in the judgment of the commission it is...

Section 6445. - 6445. No lands shall be accepted in exchange under this...

CHAPTER 7 - Quiet Title Actions

Section 6461. - 6461. Any person or persons claiming any interest in or...

Section 6462. - 6462. Service of summons in a suit shall be upon...

Section 6463. - 6463. Any person or persons claiming title under a patent...

Section 6464. - 6464. Any person or persons claiming title to land adjoining...

Section 6465. - 6465. The complaint in any action pursuant to this chapter...

CHAPTER 8 - State Teachers Retirement Lands Act

Section 6475. - 6475. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 6477. - 6477. (a) The commission shall report quarterly to the Teachers’...