Section 25661 Of Article 3. Fish From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 3. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 3.

. If any owner of land adjacent to or across which the slough, river, or stream declared to be a highway for fishing flows does not consent to its use for such purpose with the right to pass along the banks for the purpose of fishing and on application refuses to grant the right of passage to the county by suitable instrument in writing, the board may contract for and purchase any such rights.