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LegalText 33 U.S.C. § 500 Deflection of current; liability to riparian owners us united_states_code code_section 33 NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS 11 BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS 500 33 U.S.C. § 500 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc33@119-100.zip /us/usc/t33/s500 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-33/usc33.xml 76ce0aee2fcd19683762a62612776508f98a87a13b2f5a1321d1e5ffcb2fb155 de3d130b31eae77f8c0fc593f61b7287899297718d678d500eea123559828523 03c1dcd2b1fa46c1a5d6b91d884b295eca50d3ebeb524b4338490c5b2121c3f3 2026-07-04 official
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33 U.S.C. § 500 - Deflection of current; liability to riparian owners

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Whenever complaint shall be made to the Secretary of the Army that by reason of the placing in any navigable waters of the United States of any bridge pier or abutment, the current of such waters has been so deflected from its natural course as to cause by producing caving of banks or otherwise serious damage or danger to property, it shall be his duty to make inquiry, and if it shall be ascertained that the complaint is well founded, he shall cause the owners or persons operating such bridge to repair such damage or prevent such danger to property by such means as he shall indicate and within such time as he may name, and in default thereof the owners or persons operating such bridge shall be liable in any court of competent jurisdiction to the persons injured in a sum double the amount of said injury: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to affect any rights of action which may have existed prior to August 11, 1888.

(Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, § 2, 25 Stat. 423; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat 501.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was from the River and Harbor Appropriation Act of 1888.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.

Transfer of Functions Functions, powers, and duties of Secretary of the Army and other offices and officers of Department of the Army under sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title to extent that they relate generally to location and clearances of bridges and causeways in navigable waters of United States transferred to and vested in Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L. 89670, § 6(g)(6)(B), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 931. Pub. L. 97449 amended sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title to reflect transfer made by section 6(g)(6)(B) of Pub. L. 89670, and repealed section 6(g)(6)(B).