California Code
Public Resources Code - PRC
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’...

PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS

CHAPTER 1 - General Leasing Law

Section 6501. - 6501. As used in this chapter, “lease” includes a permit,...

Section 6501.1. - 6501.1. Lands owned by the state and which are under...

Section 6501.2. - 6501.2. The commission shall prepare forms of leases for use...

Section 6501.3. - 6501.3. Any interests in lands, or lands in fee simple,...

Section 6502. - 6502. Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to lease any...

Section 6503. - 6503. Upon receipt of an application to lease lands under...

Section 6503.5. - 6503.5. (a) Consistent with Section 6503, the commission shall charge...

Section 6504. - 6504. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Event” means...

Section 6505.5. - 6505.5. No grazing or recreational lease shall be for a...

Section 6506. - 6506. Possession under any lease authorized by this chapter shall...

Section 6507. - 6507. Any error in the description of any lease may,...

Section 6508. - 6508. Any lease for sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections or any...

Section 6509. - 6509. If a lease is terminated by reason of the...

CHAPTER 2 - Development and Improvement of Granted Tide and Submerged Lands

Section 6701. - 6701. Subject to the provisions of Section 6702, no amendment,...

Section 6702. - 6702. (a) The provisions of Section 6701 shall not apply...

Section 6703. - 6703. Whenever a lease, contract, or other instrument is submitted...

Section 6704. - 6704. Failure of the State Lands Commission to issue to...

Section 6705. - 6705. This chapter shall not be construed to affect the...

Section 6706. - 6706. If on the effective date of any revocation of...

Section 6707. - 6707. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that to promote...

CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases

ARTICLE 1 - Provisions Relating to All State Lands

Section 6801. - 6801. A lease or prospecting permit under this chapter shall...

Section 6802. - 6802. Any interest held in violation of this chapter shall...

Section 6803. - 6803. The commission, in issuing any lease under this chapter,...

Section 6804. - 6804. (a) A lease or permit issued under this chapter...

Section 6804.1. - 6804.1. Notwithstanding any provisions of this code to the contrary,...

Section 6805. - 6805. The commission shall reserve and may exercise the authority...

Section 6806. - 6806. Any permit or lease under this chapter shall reserve...

Section 6807. - 6807. The commission, in the name of the State, may...

Section 6808. - 6808. The commission, if it deems such action for the...

Section 6809. - 6809. Any interests in lands, or lands in fee simple,...

Section 6810. - 6810. The provisions of this chapter authorizing the commission to...

Section 6811. - 6811. The commission may, prior to the receipt of any...

Section 6812. - 6812. Whenever by the terms of this chapter the commission...

Section 6813. - 6813. For the purpose of this chapter, the commission may...

Section 6814. - 6814. The commission, in the name of the people of...

Section 6815. - 6815. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 6815.1. - 6815.1. Whenever the commission exercises a right to take oil,...

Section 6815.2. - 6815.2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6815.1, the commission may take any...

Section 6817. - 6817. (a) The Controller shall annually as of June 30...

Section 6818. - 6818. All applications made to the commission pursuant to this...

Section 6819. - 6819. The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to require...

ARTICLE 2 - Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally

Section 6826. - 6826. (a) The commission may permit geological or geophysical surveys...

Section 6826.1. - 6826.1. The State Lands Commission shall not permit the taking...

Section 6827. - 6827. Leases for the extraction and removal of oil and...

Section 6827.1. - 6827.1. Nothing contained in this chapter or any other law...

Section 6827.2. - 6827.2. In order to prevent the premature abandonment of a...

Section 6827.5. - 6827.5. (a) Notwithstanding Article 3 (commencing with Section 6851), Article...

Section 6828. - 6828. All leases of lands containing oil or gas made...

Section 6829. - 6829. Every oil and gas lease executed under this chapter,...

Section 6829.1. - 6829.1. Every oil and gas lease, including leases of tide...

Section 6829.2. - 6829.2. The commission, in the interest of increasing the ultimate...

Section 6829.3. - 6829.3. (a) The commission shall seek additional infrastructure bonding or...

Section 6829.4. - 6829.4. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 6830. - 6830. All oil and gas leases issued by the commission...

Section 6830.1. - 6830.1. It is hereby found and determined by the Legislature...

Section 6830.2. - 6830.2. Whenever the holder of an oil and gas lease...

Section 6830.3. - 6830.3. In satisfaction of the requirements of subdivisions (a) and...

Section 6831. - 6831. Rights of way through all State lands may be...

Section 6832. - 6832. For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural...

Section 6833. - 6833. The commission, upon such conditions as the commission shall...

Section 6834. - 6834. Whenever the commission determines that lands shall be leased...

Section 6835. - 6835. Each bid (which shall be in the form of...

Section 6836. - 6836. At the time and place specified in the notice,...

ARTICLE 3 - Oil and Gas Leases on Lands Other Than Tide and Submerged Lands

Section 6851. - 6851. Lands owned by the State, or lands in which...

Section 6852. - 6852. Whenever it appears to the commission that it is...

Section 6853. - 6853. The commission may divide the lands within the tract...

Section 6854. - 6854. Lands, including the Tule Elk State Reserve located in...

Section 6855. - 6855. The proceeds of any lease for the extraction of...

ARTICLE 4 - Oil and Gas Leases on Tide and Submerged Lands and Beds of Navigable Rivers and Lakes

Section 6870. - 6870. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 6871. - 6871. Tide and submerged lands and beds of navigable rivers...

Section 6871.3. - 6871.3. Whenever it appears to the commission that it is...

Section 6871.4. - 6871.4. The commission may divide the lands within the area...

Section 6872. - 6872. (a) If an application for oil and gas development...

Section 6872.1. - 6872.1. Whenever it appears to the commission that oil and...

Section 6872.2. - 6872.2. If the commission determines that any tide and submerged...

Section 6872.5. - 6872.5. The commission may adjust the boundaries of existing leases...

Section 6873. - 6873. When leasing tide or submerged lands or beds of...

Section 6873.1. - 6873.1. Filled lands shall include, but not be limited to,...

Section 6873.2. - 6873.2. In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (b) of...

Section 6873.5. - 6873.5. (a) In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (b)...

Section 6874. - 6874. Each bid shall be accompanied by information giving a...

Section 6875. - 6875. If the Legislature has transferred to any city or...

Section 6876. - 6876. Should it appear to the commission that any person,...

Section 6877. - 6877. All the beds of navigable rivers and lakes belonging...

Section 6878. - 6878. Nothing in this chapter limits the effect of any...

Section 6879. - 6879. Whenever tide and submerged lands of the State have...

Section 6880. - 6880. (a) Contingent upon an appropriation of funds by the...

ARTICLE 5 - Minerals Other Than Oil and Gas

Section 6890. - 6890. (a) Prospecting permits and leases for the extraction and...

Section 6890.5. - 6890.5. Notwithstanding any other law, when lands, other than tide...

Section 6891. - 6891. The commission may issue a prospecting permit, under such...

Section 6892. - 6892. If the applicant erects upon the land for which...

Section 6894. - 6894. The applicant shall, within 90 days after receiving a...

Section 6895. - 6895. Upon establishing to the satisfaction of the commission that...

Section 6896. - 6896. Until the permittee applies for a lease as to...

Section 6897. - 6897. (a) All deposits of minerals, other than oil, gas,...

Section 6898. - 6898. Leases under this article shall be for terms not...

Section 6898.5. - 6898.5. Notwithstanding Section 6898, any lease in effect on July...

Section 6899. - 6899. The commission shall prescribe such additional terms, covenants and...

Section 6900. - 6900. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6890, the commission or a local...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Geothermal Resources

Section 6901. - 6901. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 6902. - 6902. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that development of...

Section 6903. - 6903. For the purposes of this chapter, “geothermal resources” shall...

Section 6904. - 6904. Permits and leases for exploration and development of geothermal...

Section 6905. - 6905. Permits and leases may be issued pursuant to this...

Section 6906. - 6906. Administration of this article shall be under the principle...

Section 6907. - 6907. Where it is determined by the commission that the...

Section 6909. - 6909. The commission may grant nonexclusive geological or geophysical exploration...

Section 6910. - 6910. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 6906, the...

Section 6911. - 6911. (a) Lands may be selected for lease by the...

Section 6912. - 6912. (a) In case of an application for a permit...

Section 6913. - 6913. Each prospecting permit and lease issued under this article...

Section 6914. - 6914. The holder of any geothermal resources permit or lease...

Section 6915. - 6915. Subject to the other provisions of this article, the...

Section 6916. - 6916. (a) The commission may issue leases for direct heat...

Section 6917. - 6917. A permit or lease may be terminated by the...

Section 6918. - 6918. Leases under this article shall be for a primary...

Section 6919. - 6919. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 6920. - 6920. Any person engaged in the production of geothermal resources...

Section 6921. - 6921. A permittee or lessee may, upon the approval of...

Section 6922. - 6922. No prospecting permit or lease shall be made for...

Section 6923. - 6923. For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural...

Section 6924. - 6924. Where the surface of state-owned lands sought for use...

Section 6925. - 6925. A permit or lease under this article may be...

Section 6925.1. - 6925.1. Whenever, as determined by the commission, any operation conducted...

Section 6925.2. - 6925.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the commission...

ARTICLE 6 - Extraction of Sodium Chloride From Specified Lands

Section 6926. - 6926. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the right...

Section 6927. - 6927. The terms so fixed shall be operative for 20...

Section 6928. - 6928. The purchaser shall acquire no right to sell any...

Section 6929. - 6929. Any metropolitan water district may apply to the commission...

Section 6930. - 6930. If the sale is made, the right to extract...

Section 6931. - 6931. The provisions of this article shall apply only to...

Section 6932. - 6932. Any right granted under this article to extract sodium...

CHAPTER 4.1 - Leases for Taking Minerals From Waters and Certain Lands

Section 6991. - 6991. Leases for taking minerals from the waters of any...

Section 6992. - 6992. Leases for any such lands and for the privilege...

Section 6993. - 6993. The commission may, prior to the receipt of any...

Section 6994. - 6994. Leases under this article shall be for terms not...

Section 6995. - 6995. The commission shall prescribe such additional terms, covenants and...

Section 6996. - 6996. All of the lands embraced within the original meander...

CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies

Section 7051. - 7051. (a) The board of supervisors, boards of trustees, directors...

Section 7052. - 7052. Lands may be leased in tracts of such size...

Section 7053. - 7053. At the time and place fixed in the resolution...

Section 7054. - 7054. An order to lease made by the governing body...

Section 7054.5. - 7054.5. No lease or modification thereof or amendment thereto for...

Section 7055. - 7055. Any money accruing from leases under this chapter shall...

Section 7056. - 7056. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all...

Section 7056.5. - 7056.5. The provisions of Sections 7051 to 7056, inclusive, shall...

Section 7057. - 7057. The property of any city may be leased for...

Section 7058. - 7058. Any city, county, city and county, or district, in...

Section 7058.5. - 7058.5. Before a lease or any operating agreement or other...

Section 7059. - 7059. At the time and place fixed in the resolution...

Section 7060. - 7060. (a) No such lease or agreement shall be effective...

Section 7061. - 7061. The provisions of Sections 7058.5 to 7059, inclusive, shall...

Section 7061.1. - 7061.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7058, no city, county,...

Section 7062. - 7062. (a) On or before October 1st of each year,...

PART 3 - SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS

CHAPTER 1 - School Lands and Indemnity Lands

ARTICLE 1 - Sale of School Lands

Section 7301. - 7301. The commission may, in the best interest of the...

Section 7303. - 7303. The commission may, in the best interest of the...

Section 7303.5. - 7303.5. Whenever the commission finds that it is in the...

Section 7305. - 7305. When payment has been made for land sold under...

Section 7306. - 7306. The commission may sell timber separately from the land....

ARTICLE 2 - Indemnity Land Selections

Section 7400. - 7400. The Legislature finds and declares that, as of January...

Section 7401. - 7401. The commission shall ascertain from time to time the...

Section 7402. - 7402. Whenever the commission determines it to be in the...

Section 7403. - 7403. The commission is the general agent of the state...

Section 7404. - 7404. The commission may accept the benefits of the act...

CHAPTER 2 - Sale of Swamp and Overflowed Lands

ARTICLE 1 - Swamp and Overflowed Lands Subsequent to September 9, 939

Section 7501. - 7501. Swamp and overflowed lands belonging to the state may...

ARTICLE 2 - Swamp and Overflowed Lands Sold Prior to September 19, 1939

Section 7521. - 7521. The swamp and overflowed lands belonging to the State...

Section 7522. - 7522. The commission shall not approve any application nor issue...

Section 7523. - 7523. No claim shall be made by the State to...

Section 7524. - 7524. Any person desiring to purchase swamp and overflowed lands...

Section 7525. - 7525. Any false statement contained in the affidavit defeats the...

Section 7526. - 7526. If at any time after such affidavit is filed...

Section 7527. - 7527. Within 30 days from the date of such order...

Section 7528. - 7528. If upon the trial of such action it appears...

Section 7529. - 7529. Upon the filing with the commission of a copy...

Section 7530. - 7530. Any person desiring to purchase lands, as provided in...

Section 7531. - 7531. All payments shall be made by the purchaser to...

Section 7532. - 7532. Upon the first day of July of each year...

Section 7533. - 7533. These reports shall be forwarded to the commission, and...

Section 7534. - 7534. The county treasurer shall retain all money arising from...

Section 7535. - 7535. If a reclamation district is organized in any county,...

Section 7536. - 7536. If any expenses pertaining to land in a reclamation...

Section 7537. - 7537. Sections 7535 and 7536 do not apply to districts...

ARTICLE 3 - Provisions Relating to All Swamp and Overflowed Lands

Section 7551. - 7551. Settlers upon swamp and overflowed lands belonging to the...

Section 7552. - 7552. Lands within this State which are returned by the...

Section 7552.5. - 7552.5. Where lands above the ordinary high-water mark, granted to...

Section 7553. - 7553. When the original patent to swamp and overflowed land...

Section 7554. - 7554. Any person having a vested interest in any swamp...

Section 7555. - 7555. (a) In a case in which the state has...

Section 7556. - 7556. All swamp and overflowed lands within one mile of...

CHAPTER 3 - Sale of Inland Lake and Unsegregated Swamp and Overflowed Lands

Section 7601. - 7601. Any person desiring to purchase any of the lands...

Section 7602. - 7602. Upon the filing of such application, if the land...

Section 7603. - 7603. No application to purchase land under this chapter shall...

Section 7604. - 7604. The lands designated in this chapter shall be sold...

Section 7605. - 7605. If any of the lands described in this chapter...

Section 7606. - 7606. Any of the lands designated in this chapter which,...

Section 7607. - 7607. When land has been sold under this chapter, no...

Section 7608. - 7608. All uncanceled certificates of purchase and patents issued prior...

Section 7609. - 7609. All plats of any of the lands described in...

CHAPTER 4 - Provisions Relating to Public Lands Generally

ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Purchase of Lands

Section 7705. - 7705. No application for the purchase of state lands shall...

Section 7706. - 7706. Each application for lands shall be accompanied by a...

ARTICLE 2 - Payments, Certificates of Purchase, and Patents

Section 7723. - 7723. Certificates of purchase, and all rights acquired thereunder, are...

Section 7724. - 7724. All such sales shall, when the deed or assignment...

Section 7725. - 7725. The recorder is entitled to receive from the purchaser,...

Section 7729. - 7729. Whenever a person becomes entitled to a patent, the...

Section 7730. - 7730. The patent or deed shall then be signed by...

Section 7731. - 7731. No patent shall issue until the lands are relinquished...

Section 7732. - 7732. The commission shall record all patents in books to...

Section 7733. - 7733. Where a patent for lands is issued in the...

ARTICLE 6 - Contests

Section 7921. - 7921. When a contest arises before the commission concerning the...

Section 7922. - 7922. After such order is made, either party may bring...

Section 7923. - 7923. Any person, legally qualified to purchase from the State...

Section 7924. - 7924. When any contest arises as provided for in this...

Section 7925. - 7925. When a copy of the final judgment of the...

Section 7926. - 7926. Unless the party contestant commences his action within 60...

Section 7927. - 7927. Whenever the commission receives a plat of a survey...

ARTICLE 7 - Correction of Incorrect Descriptions of Patented Lands

Section 7951. - 7951. When payment has been made in full for any...

Section 7952. - 7952. After the map or plat and field-notes constituting the...

Section 7953. - 7953. After the filing and recording of the map or...

Section 7954. - 7954. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall...

Section 7955. - 7955. If, after the hearing, the court is satisfied that...

Section 7956. - 7956. The cost of making the survey, map or plat...

Section 7957. - 7957. Certified copies of the decree entered in the suit...

Section 7958. - 7958. Any number of land owners whose lands are contiguous...

ARTICLE 8 - Procedure on Improper Sales and Abandonment of Entries

Section 7971. - 7971. If any land was not the property of the...

Section 7972. - 7972. In all cases where money has been paid since...

Section 7973. - 7973. The authority of the commission to issue such certificate...

Section 7974. - 7974. If the land sold was swamp and overflowed, the...

Section 7975. - 7975. Whenever a purchaser of land upon credit desires to...

Section 7976. - 7976. Whenever any person has, in conformity with law, conveyed...

Section 7977. - 7977. Upon the issuance of such patent, the commission shall...

ARTICLE 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to State Lands

Section 7991. - 7991. The shore and the bed of the ocean or...

Section 7992. - 7992. If any person, under any pretense of any claim...

Section 7993. - 7993. When State lands, upon which the full purchase price...

ARTICLE 10 - State Maps and Surveys

Section 8001. - 8001. As used in this article, “department” means the Department...

Section 8002. - 8002. The state base map shall consist of complementary planimetric,...

Section 8003. - 8003. The state base maps shall have delineated thereon plane...

Section 8011. - 8011. The department shall investigate mapping; shall prepare a complete...

Section 8012. - 8012. The technical methods used in preparation of the state...

Section 8013. - 8013. The department may enter into cooperative agreements with any...

Section 8014. - 8014. The department may enter into contracts with public and...

Section 8014.5. - 8014.5. With the approval of the Director of General Services...

Section 8015. - 8015. The department is authorized to accept grants from the...

Section 8016. - 8016. To enable the coordination of the programs of the...

Section 8017. - 8017. The department shall collect information relative to maps and...

Section 8018. - 8018. The Department of Water Resources may reproduce copies of...

Section 8019. - 8019. The department shall prepare and distribute to public officials,...

Section 8020. - 8020. On the requests of the state departments the Department...

Section 8022. - 8022. No part of any money appropriated or otherwise made...

Section 8023. - 8023. All money received for matching purposes shall be deposited...

Section 8024. - 8024. All money received from the sale of maps or...

Section 8025. - 8025. The Department of Water Resources shall keep a record...

ARTICLE 11 - Exemption From Condemnation

Section 8030. - 8030. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 16th and...

CHAPTER 5 - Sale of University Lands

Section 8101. - 8101. The Regents of the University of California may order...

Section 8102. - 8102. The land agent of the university, as the agent...

Section 8103. - 8103. All moneys, securities, or other properties arising from the...

Section 8104. - 8104. All persons who have purchased any portion of either...

Section 8105. - 8105. Whenever any resident of this state desires to purchase...

Section 8106. - 8106. When a contest arises between two or more persons...

PART 4 - FEDERAL LANDS

CHAPTER 1 - Sites for Aids to Navigation

Section 8301. - 8301. The commission, on application therefor by a duly authorized...

CHAPTER 3 - Conveyances by Counties for National Park Purposes

Section 8401. - 8401. The boards of supervisors of the several counties may...

Section 8402. - 8402. Any county may exercise the right of eminent domain...

Section 8403. - 8403. The boards of supervisors of the several counties may...

CHAPTER 4 - Grazing Lands

ARTICLE 1 - Regulating Grazing on Federal Lands

Section 8501. - 8501. As used in this article, “person” includes individuals, companies,...

Section 8502. - 8502. It is unlawful to graze livestock on any part...

Section 8503. - 8503. Customary or established use as graziers, otherwise than under...

Section 8504. - 8504. This article shall not be construed to prohibit any...

Section 8505. - 8505. Any person who violates any of the provisions of...

Section 8506. - 8506. The violation of any provision of this article may...

Section 8507. - 8507. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit...

Section 8508. - 8508. This article is an exercise of the police power...

ARTICLE 2 - Cooperation with Federal Agencies in Relation to Grazing Lands

Section 8551. - 8551. An act of Congress entitled “An act to stop...

Section 8552. - 8552. The State Lands Commission may cooperate with the Secretary...

Section 8553. - 8553. The State Lands Commission is hereby designated the “State...

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