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N.D. Cent. Code § 47-06-06 (2026)

Avulsion - Title - Reclamation by original owner - Limitations

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If a river or stream, navigable or not navigable, carries away by sudden violence a considerable and distinguishable part of a bank and bears it to the opposite bank or to another part of the same bank, the owner of the part carried away may reclaim it within a year after the owner of the land to which it has been united takes possession thereof.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1965–2015 · leading case: Perry v. Erling, 132 N.W.2d 889 (N.D. 1965).
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Perry v. Erling, 132 N.W.2d 889 (N.D. 1965). · cites it 4× “ch provides that where from natural causes land forms by imperceptible degrees upon the bank of a river or stream, either by accumulation of material or by the recession of the stream, such land belongs to the owner of the bank, was enacted by way of indemnity to the fractional…”
Norby v. Est. of Kuykendall, 2015 ND 232 (N.D. 2015). · cites it 4× “ch provides that where from natural causes land forms by imperceptible degrees upon the bank of a river or stream, either by accumulation of material or by the recession of the stream, such land belongs to the owner of the bank, was enacted by way of indemnity to the fractional…”
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