Understanding Riparian Rights in Florida: When Land meets Water

– Riparian rights include the rights of access to and use of water adjacent to their property.
– These rights also include the right to an unobstructed view of the water.
– Accretion is the process in which water causes a build-up of solid material, creating new dry land in areas previously covered by water.
– Riparian owners have the common law right to receive accretions to their lands, as long as the deposits were not of the riparian owner’s own doing.
– The landowner has a right to the benefit of accretion when there is an issue between the riparian owner and the state because the land added to their property was solely by a process of nature. 1. Landowners in Florida are entitled to accretion caused by the state, but the state can deprive them of these rights if full compensation is paid.
2. The title to accretion or reliction to soil passes with the title to the land to which accretions are appurtenant.
3. Florida’s beach restoration program was found to be permissible by the United States Supreme Court in a constitutional challenge.
4. Riparian rights in Florida aim to ensure fair and equitable use of waterfront property, including the unobstructed view of the water, among private property owners.

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