Public Resources Code section 3981

The business of hydraulic mining may be carried on within the state wherever and whenever it can be carried on without material injury to navigable streams or the lands adjacent thereto.

Source: Section 3981, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=3981. (updated Jan. 1, 1988; accessed Oct. 27, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/public_resources_code_section_3981

Original Source: Section 3981, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=3981. (last accessed May 12, 2025).