Property Ownership
Florida's 'riparian rights' doctrine applies to property owners adjacent to:
ANavigable waterways only
BNon-navigable streams and rivers✓ Correct
CBoth navigable and non-navigable water bodies
DOnly to oceanfront property
Explanation
In Florida, riparian rights apply to property abutting non-navigable water bodies. Riparian owners have rights to use the water and their boundary generally extends to the center of the stream. For navigable waters, the state owns the submerged lands, and adjacent landowners have 'littoral' rights rather than riparian rights.
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