Property Ownership

Oklahoma's law regarding water rights to streams and rivers classifies navigable waterways as:

APrivate property of adjacent landowners
BPublic waterways owned by the state, with riparian landowners having rights to use the water but not own the bed of navigable streams✓ Correct
CFederal property managed by the Army Corps of Engineers exclusively
DTribal property under federal trust

Explanation

In Oklahoma, navigable waterways are owned by the state, held in trust for the public. Adjacent landowners have riparian water use rights but do not own the streambed. Non-navigable stream beds may be privately owned to the center of the stream.

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