California Code
DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY
PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY

TITLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section [755.]. - [755.] Section Seven Hundred and Fifty-five. Real property within the...

TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY

CHAPTER 1 - Estates in General

Section 761. - 761. Estates in real property, in respect to the duration...

Section [762.]. - [762.] Section Seven Hundred and Sixty-two. Every estate of inheritance...

Section 763. - 763. Estates tail are abolished, and every estate which would...

Section 764. - 764. Where a remainder in fee is limited upon any...

Section 765. - 765. Estates of inheritance and for life are called estates...

Section [766.]. - [766.] Section Seven Hundred and Sixty-six. An estate during the...

Section 767. - 767. A future estate may be limited by the act...

Section 768. - 768. A reversion is the residue of an estate left...

Section 769. - 769. When a future estate, other than a reversion, is...

Section 773. - 773. Subject to the rules of this title, and of...

Section 778. - 778. A remainder may be limited on a contingency which,...

Section 779. - 779. When a remainder is limited to the heirs, or...

Section 780. - 780. When a remainder on an estate for life or...

Section 781. - 781. A general or special power of appointment does not...

Section 782. - 782. (a) Any provision in any deed of real property...

Section 782.5. - 782.5. (a) Any deed or other written instrument that relates...

Section 783. - 783. A condominium is an estate in real property described...

Section 783.1. - 783.1. In a stock cooperative, as defined in Section 4190...

Section 784. - 784. “Restriction,” when used in a statute that incorporates this...

CHAPTER 2 - Termination of Estates

Section 789. - 789. A tenancy or other estate at will, however created,...

Section 789.3. - 789.3. (a) A landlord shall not with intent to terminate...

Section 790. - 790. After such notice has been served, and the period...

Section 791. - 791. Whenever the right of reentry is given to a...

Section 792. - 792. Summary proceedings for obtaining possession of real property forcibly...

Section 793. - 793. An action for the possession of real property leased...

CHAPTER 2.5 - Mobilehome Residency Law

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 798. - 798. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 798.1. - 798.1. Unless the provisions or context otherwise requires, the following...

Section 798.2. - 798.2. “Management” means the owner of a mobilehome park or...

Section 798.3. - 798.3. (a) “Mobilehome” is a structure designed for human habitation...

Section 798.4. - 798.4. “Mobilehome park” is an area of land where two...

Section 798.6. - 798.6. “Park” is a manufactured housing community as defined in...

Section 798.7. - 798.7. (a) “New construction” means any newly constructed spaces initially...

Section 798.8. - 798.8. “Rental agreement” is an agreement between the management and...

Section 798.9. - 798.9. “Homeowner” is a person who has a tenancy in...

Section 798.10. - 798.10. “Change of use” means a use of the park...

Section 798.11. - 798.11. “Resident” is a homeowner or other person who lawfully...

Section 798.12. - 798.12. “Tenancy” is the right of a homeowner to the...

Section 798.13. - 798.13. (a) This chapter does not apply to any area...

Section 798.14. - 798.14. (a) Unless otherwise provided, all notices required by this...

ARTICLE 2 - Rental Agreement

Section 798.15. - 798.15. The rental agreement shall be in writing and shall...

Section 798.16. - 798.16. (a) The rental agreement may include other provisions permitted...

Section 798.17. - 798.17. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (i), (j),...

Section 798.18. - 798.18. (a) A homeowner shall be offered a rental agreement...

Section 798.19. - 798.19. No rental agreement for a mobilehome shall contain a...

Section 798.19.5. - 798.19.5. A rental agreement entered into or renewed on and...

Section 798.20. - 798.20. (a) Membership in any private club or organization that...

Section 798.21. - 798.21. (a) Notwithstanding Section 798.17, if a mobilehome space within...

Section 798.22. - 798.22. (a) In any new mobilehome park that is developed...

ARTICLE 3 - Rules and Regulations

Section 798.23. - 798.23. (a) Management shall be subject to, and comply with,...

Section 798.23.5. - 798.23.5. (a) (1) Management shall permit a homeowner to rent...

Section 798.24. - 798.24. Each common area facility shall be open or available...

Section 798.25. - 798.25. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), when the...

Section 798.25.5. - 798.25.5. Any rule or regulation of a mobilehome park that...

Section 798.26. - 798.26. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the ownership...

Section 798.27. - 798.27. (a) The management shall give written notice to all...

Section 798.28. - 798.28. The management of a mobilehome park shall disclose, in...

Section 798.28.5. - 798.28.5. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...

Section 798.29. - 798.29. The management shall post a Mobilehome Assistance Center sign...

Section 798.29.6. - 798.29.6. The management shall not prohibit a homeowner or resident...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Fees and Charges

Section 798.30. - 798.30. The management shall give a homeowner written notice of...

Section 798.30.5. - 798.30.5. (a) (1) Subject to subdivision (b), management shall not,...

Section 798.31. - 798.31. A homeowner shall not be charged a fee for...

Section 798.32. - 798.32. (a) A homeowner shall not be charged a fee...

Section 798.33. - 798.33. (a) No lease agreement entered into, modified, or renewed...

Section 798.34. - 798.34. (a) A homeowner shall not be charged a fee...

Section 798.35. - 798.35. A homeowner shall not be charged a fee based...

Section 798.36. - 798.36. (a) A homeowner shall not be charged a fee...

Section 798.37. - 798.37. A homeowner may not be charged a fee for...

Section 798.37.5. - 798.37.5. (a) With respect to trees on rental spaces in...

Section 798.38. - 798.38. The management shall not acquire a lien or security...

Section 798.39. - 798.39. (a) The management may only demand a security deposit...

Section 798.39.5. - 798.39.5. (a) (1) The management shall not charge or impose...

ARTICLE 4 - Utilities

Section 798.40. - 798.40. (a) Where management provides both master-meter and submeter service...

Section 798.41. - 798.41. (a) Where a rental agreement, including a rental agreement...

Section 798.42. - 798.42. The management shall provide, by posting notice on the...

Section 798.43. - 798.43. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), whenever a...

Section 798.43.1. - 798.43.1. (a) The management of a master-meter park shall give...

Section 798.44. - 798.44. (a) The management of a park that does not...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Rent Control

Section 798.45. - 798.45. (a) Notwithstanding Section 798.17, “new construction,” as defined in...

Section 798.49. - 798.49. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the local...

ARTICLE 5 - Homeowner Communications and Meetings

Section 798.50. - 798.50. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 798.51. - 798.51. (a) No provision contained in any mobilehome park rental...

Section 798.52. - 798.52. Any homeowner or resident who is prevented by management...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Homeowners Meetings with Management

Section 798.53. - 798.53. (a) (1) The management shall meet and consult with...

ARTICLE 6 - Termination of Tenancy

Section 798.55. - 798.55. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, because of...

Section 798.56. - 798.56. A tenancy shall be terminated by the management only...

Section 798.56. - 798.56. A tenancy shall be terminated by the management only...

Section 798.56a. - 798.56a. (a) Within 60 days after receipt of, or no...

Section 798.57. - 798.57. The management shall set forth in a notice of...

Section 798.58. - 798.58. Tenancy may only be terminated for reasons contained in...

Section 798.59. - 798.59. A homeowner shall give written notice to the management...

Section 798.60. - 798.60. The provisions of this article shall not affect any...

Section 798.61. - 798.61. (a) (1) As used in this section, “abandoned mobilehome”...

Section 798.62. - 798.62. (a) If a mobilehome park is destroyed as a...

ARTICLE 7 - Transfer of Mobilehome or Mobilehome Park

Section 798.70. - 798.70. (a) A homeowner, an heir, joint tenant, or personal...

Section 798.71. - 798.71. (a) (1) The management may not show or list...

Section 798.72. - 798.72. (a) The management shall not charge a homeowner, an...

Section 798.73. - 798.73. The management shall not require the removal of a...

Section 798.73.5. - 798.73.5. (a) In the case of a sale or transfer...

Section 798.74. - 798.74. (a) The management may require the right of prior...

Section 798.74.4. - 798.74.4. The transfer or sale of a manufactured home or...

Section 798.74.5. - 798.74.5. (a) Within two business days of receiving a request...

Section 798.75. - 798.75. (a) An escrow, sale, or transfer agreement involving a...

Section 798.75.5. - 798.75.5. (a) The management shall provide a prospective homeowner with...

Section 798.76. - 798.76. The management may require that a prospective purchaser comply...

Section 798.77. - 798.77. No rental or sale agreement shall contain a provision...

Section 798.78. - 798.78. (a) An heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of...

Section 798.79. - 798.79. (a) Any legal owner or junior lienholder who forecloses...

Section 798.80. - 798.80. (a) Not less than 30 days nor more than...

Section 798.81. - 798.81. The management (1) shall not prohibit the listing or...

Section 798.82. - 798.82. The management, at the time of an application for...

Section 798.83. - 798.83. In the case of a sale or transfer of...

ARTICLE 8 - Actions, Proceedings, and Penalties

Section 798.84. - 798.84. (a) No action based upon the management’s alleged failure...

Section 798.85. - 798.85. In any action arising out of the provisions of...

Section 798.86. - 798.86. (a) If a homeowner or former homeowner of a...

Section 798.87. - 798.87. (a) The substantial failure of the management to provide...

Section 798.88. - 798.88. (a) In addition to any right under Article 6...

ARTICLE 9 - Subdivisions, Cooperatives, and Condominiums

Section 799. - 799. As used in this article: (a) “Ownership or management”...

Section 799.1. - 799.1. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this article...

Section 799.1.5. - 799.1.5. A homeowner or resident, or an heir, joint tenant,...

Section 799.2. - 799.2. The ownership or management shall not show or list...

Section 799.2.5. - 799.2.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the ownership...

Section 799.3. - 799.3. The ownership or management shall not require the removal...

Section 799.4. - 799.4. The ownership or management may require the right to...

Section 799.5. - 799.5. The ownership or management may require that a purchaser...

Section 799.6. - 799.6. No agreement shall contain any provision by which the...

Section 799.7. - 799.7. The ownership or management shall provide, by posting notice...

Section 799.8. - 799.8. The management, at the time of an application for...

Section 799.9. - 799.9. (a) A homeowner may share his or her mobilehome...

Section 799.10. - 799.10. A resident may not be prohibited from displaying a...

Section 799.11. - 799.11. The ownership or management shall not prohibit a homeowner...

CHAPTER 2.6 - Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 799.20. - 799.20. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 799.21. - 799.21. Unless the provisions or context otherwise require, the following...

Section 799.22. - 799.22. “Defaulting occupant” means an occupant who fails to pay...

Section 799.23. - 799.23. “Defaulting resident” means a resident who fails to pay...

Section 799.24. - 799.24. “Defaulting tenant” means a tenant who fails to pay...

Section 799.25. - 799.25. “Guest” means a person who is lawfully occupying a...

Section 799.26. - 799.26. “Management” means the owner of a recreational vehicle park...

Section 799.27. - 799.27. “Occupancy” and “occupy” refer to the use of a...

Section 799.28. - 799.28. “Occupant” means the owner or operator of a recreational...

Section 799.29. - 799.29. “Recreational vehicle” has the same meaning as defined in...

Section 799.30. - 799.30. “Recreational vehicle park” or “park” has the same meaning...

Section 799.31. - 799.31. “Resident” means a tenant who has occupied a lot...

Section 799.32. - 799.32. “Tenant” means the owner or operator of a recreational...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 799.40. - 799.40. The rights created by this chapter shall be cumulative...

Section 799.41. - 799.41. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to a mobilehome...

Section 799.42. - 799.42. No occupant registration agreement or tenant rental agreement shall...

Section 799.43. - 799.43. The registration agreement between a park and an occupant...

Section 799.44. - 799.44. At the time of registration, an occupant shall be...

Section 799.45. - 799.45. The management may offer a rental agreement to an...

Section 799.46. - 799.46. At the entry to a recreational vehicle park, or...

ARTICLE 3 - Defaulting Occupants

Section 799.55. - 799.55. Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 1866,...

Section 799.56. - 799.56. (a) The 72-hour written notice shall be served by...

Section 799.57. - 799.57. The written 72-hour notice shall state that if the...

Section 799.58. - 799.58. Subsequent to serving a copy of the notice specified...

Section 799.59. - 799.59. When the management removes or causes the removal of...

ARTICLE 4 - Defaulting Tenants

Section 799.65. - 799.65. The management may terminate the tenancy of a defaulting...

Section 799.66. - 799.66. The management may terminate or refuse to renew the...

Section 799.67. - 799.67. Evictions pursuant to this article shall be subject to...

ARTICLE 5 - Defaulting Residents

Section 799.70. - 799.70. The management may terminate or refuse to renew the...

Section 799.71. - 799.71. Evictions pursuant to this article shall be subject to...

ARTICLE 6 - Liens for Recreational Vehicles and Abandoned Possessions

Section 799.75. - 799.75. The management shall have a lien upon the recreational...

ARTICLE 7 - Actions and Proceedings

Section 799.78. - 799.78. In any action arising out of the provisions of...

Section 799.79. - 799.79. In the event that an occupant, tenant, or resident...

CHAPTER 2.7 - Floating Home Residency Law

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 800. - 800. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 800.1. - 800.1. Unless the provisions or context otherwise requires, the following...

Section 800.2. - 800.2. “Management” means the owner of a floating home marina...

Section 800.3. - 800.3. “Floating home” has the same meaning as defined in...

Section 800.4. - 800.4. “Floating home marina” means an area where five or...

Section 800.5. - 800.5. “Rental agreement” means an agreement between the management and...

Section 800.6. - 800.6. “Homeowner” means a person who owns or resides in...

Section 800.7. - 800.7. “Change of use” means a use of the floating...

Section 800.8. - 800.8. “Resident” means a homeowner or other person who lawfully...

Section 800.9. - 800.9. “Tenancy” means the right of a homeowner to the...

ARTICLE 2 - Rental Agreement

Section 800.20. - 800.20. Unless otherwise provided, the management shall make available to...

Section 800.21. - 800.21. The rental agreement shall be in writing and shall...

Section 800.22. - 800.22. The rental agreement may include other provisions permitted by...

Section 800.23. - 800.23. (a) A homeowner shall be offered a rental agreement...

Section 800.24. - 800.24. No rental agreement for a floating home berth shall...

Section 800.25. - 800.25. (a) Membership in any private club or organization that...

Section 800.26. - 800.26. On or before March 12, 1991, the management shall...

ARTICLE 3 - Rules and Regulations

Section 800.30. - 800.30. Each common area facility shall be open or available...

Section 800.31. - 800.31. A rule or regulation of the floating home marina...

Section 800.32. - 800.32. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), and notwithstanding...

Section 800.33. - 800.33. (a) The management shall give written notice to all...

Section 800.34. - 800.34. The management of a floating home marina shall disclose,...

Section 800.35. - 800.35. (a) The management of a floating home marina may...

Section 800.36. - 800.36. (a) A floating home not owned by a floating...

Section 800.37. - 800.37. A floating home which is owned by a floating...

ARTICLE 4 - Fees and Charges

Section 800.40. - 800.40. The management shall give a homeowner written notice of...

Section 800.40.5. - 800.40.5. (a) (1) Subject to subdivision (b), management shall not,...

Section 800.41. - 800.41. A homeowner shall not be charged a fee for...

Section 800.42. - 800.42. A homeowner shall not be charged a fee for...

Section 800.43. - 800.43. A homeowner shall not be charged a fee for...

Section 800.44. - 800.44. (a) A homeowner shall not be charged a fee...

Section 800.45. - 800.45. A homeowner shall not be charged a fee based...

Section 800.46. - 800.46. A homeowner shall not be charged a fee for...

Section 800.47. - 800.47. Unless the homeowner specifically requests the service in writing...

Section 800.48. - 800.48. Where the management provides both master meter and submeter...

Section 800.49. - 800.49. (a) The management may only demand a security deposit...

Section 800.50. - 800.50. The management shall not acquire a lien or security...

ARTICLE 5 - Homeowner Meetings

Section 800.60. - 800.60. The management shall permit meetings by homeowners or residents...

Section 800.61. - 800.61. The management shall meet and consult with the homeowners,...

ARTICLE 6 - Termination of Tenancy

Section 800.70. - 800.70. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, because of...

Section 800.71. - 800.71. A tenancy shall be terminated by the management only...

Section 800.72. - 800.72. The management shall set forth in a notice of...

Section 800.73. - 800.73. No tenancy shall be terminated for the purpose of...

Section 800.74. - 800.74. A homeowner shall give written notice to the management...

Section 800.75. - 800.75. The provisions of this article shall not affect any...

ARTICLE 7 - Transfer of a Floating Home

Section 800.80. - 800.80. A homeowner or his or her agent may advertise...

Section 800.82. - 800.82. (a) The management shall not show or list for...

Section 800.83. - 800.83. (a) The management shall not charge a homeowner, or...

Section 800.84. - 800.84. The management shall not require the removal of a...

Section 800.85. - 800.85. (a) The management may require the right of prior...

Section 800.86. - 800.86. (a) An escrow, sale, or transfer agreement involving a...

Section 800.87. - 800.87. No rental or sale agreement shall contain a provision...

Section 800.88. - 800.88. An heir or joint tenant who gains ownership of...

Section 800.89. - 800.89. Any legal owner or junior lienholder who forecloses on...

Section 800.90. - 800.90. The management (1) shall not prohibit the listing or...

Section 800.91. - 800.91. (a) No action based upon the management’s alleged failure...

ARTICLE 8 - Transfer of a Floating Home Marina

Section 800.100. - 800.100. (a) When the owner of a floating home marina...

ARTICLE 9 - Actions, Proceedings, and Penalties

Section 800.200. - 800.200. In any action arising out of the provisions of...

Section 800.201. - 800.201. (a) The substantial failure of the management to provide...

ARTICLE 10 - Cooperatives and Condominiums

Section 800.300. - 800.300. As used in this article: (a) “Ownership or management”...

Section 800.301. - 800.301. A resident may advertise the sale or exchange of...

Section 800.302. - 800.302. The ownership or management shall not show or list...

Section 800.303. - 800.303. The ownership or management shall not require the removal...

Section 800.304. - 800.304. The ownership or management may require the right to...

Section 800.305. - 800.305. No agreement shall contain any provision by which the...

Section 800.306. - 800.306. This chapter applies only to the relationship between the...

CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes

Section 801. - 801. The following land burdens, or servitudes upon land, may...

Section 801.5. - 801.5. (a) The right of receiving sunlight as specified in...

Section 801.7. - 801.7. (a) When a right-of-way is granted pursuant to Section...

Section [802.]. - [802.] Section Eight Hundred and Two. The following land burdens,...

Section 803. - 803. The land to which an easement is attached is...

Section 804. - 804. A servitude can be created only by one who...

Section 805. - 805. A servitude thereon cannot be held by the owner...

Section 806. - 806. The extent of a servitude is determined by the...

Section 807. - 807. In case of partition of the dominant tenement the...

Section 808. - 808. The owner of a future estate in a dominant...

Section 809. - 809. The owner of any estate in a dominant tenement,...

Section 810. - 810. The owner in fee of a servient tenement may...

Section 811. - 811. A servitude is extinguished: 1. By the vesting of...

Section 813. - 813. The holder of record title to land may record...

CHAPTER 4 - Conservation Easements

Section 815. - 815. The Legislature finds and declares that the preservation of...

Section 815.1. - 815.1. For the purposes of this chapter, “conservation easement” means...

Section 815.2. - 815.2. (a) A conservation easement is an interest in real...

Section 815.3. - 815.3. Only the following entities or organizations may acquire and...

Section 815.4. - 815.4. All interests not transferred and conveyed by the instrument...

Section 815.5. - 815.5. Instruments creating, assigning, or otherwise transferring conservation easements shall...

Section 815.7. - 815.7. (a) No conservation easement shall be unenforceable by reason...

Section 815.9. - 815.9. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impair...

Section 815.10. - 815.10. A conservation easement granted pursuant to this chapter constitutes...

Section 816. - 816. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Greenway Easements

Section 816.50. - 816.50. The Legislature finds and declares the following with regard...

Section 816.52. - 816.52. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 816.54. - 816.54. (a) A greenway easement is an interest in real...

Section 816.56. - 816.56. Only the following entities or organizations may acquire and...

Section 816.58. - 816.58. All interests not transferred and conveyed by the instrument...

Section 816.60. - 816.60. Instruments creating, assigning, or otherwise transferring greenway easements shall...

Section 816.62. - 816.62. (a) No greenway easement shall be unenforceable by reason...

Section 816.64. - 816.64. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impair...

Section 816.66. - 816.66. A greenway easement granted pursuant to this chapter constitutes...

CHAPTER 5 - Housing Cooperatives and Housing Cooperative Trusts

Section 817. - 817. “Limited-equity housing cooperative” or a “workforce housing cooperative trust”...

Section 817.1. - 817.1. (a) A “workforce housing cooperative trust” is an entity...

Section 817.2. - 817.2. The procedure for the dissolution of a limited-equity housing...

Section 817.3. - 817.3. Each entity named as a sponsor organization of a...

Section 817.4. - 817.4. (a) In any action instituted on or after January...

TITLE 3 - RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF OWNERS

CHAPTER 1 - Rights of Owners

ARTICLE 1 - Incidents of Ownership

Section 818. - 818. The owner of a life estate may use the...

Section 819. - 819. A tenant for years or at will, unless he...

Section 820. - 820. A tenant for years or at will has no...

Section 821. - 821. A person to whom any real property is transferred...

Section 822. - 822. Whatever remedies the lessor of any real property has...

Section 823. - 823. Whatever remedies the lessee of any real property may...

Section 824. - 824. Rent due upon a lease for life may be...

Section 825. - 825. Rent dependent on the life of a person may...

Section 826. - 826. A person having an estate in fee, in remainder...

Section 827. - 827. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in all...

ARTICLE 2 - Boundaries

Section 829. - 829. The owner of land in fee has the right...

Section [830.]. - [830.] Section Eight Hundred and Thirty. Except where the grant...

Section 831. - 831. An owner of land bounded by a road or...

Section 832. - 832. Each coterminous owner is entitled to the lateral and...

Section 833. - 833. Trees whose trunks stand wholly upon the land of...

Section 834. - 834. Trees whose trunks stand partly on the land of...

Section 835. - 835. (a) As used in this chapter, “electrified security fence”...

CHAPTER 2 - Obligations of Owners

Section 840. - 840. The owner of a life estate must keep the...

Section 841. - 841. (a) Adjoining landowners shall share equally in the responsibility...

Section 841.4. - 841.4. Any fence or other structure in the nature of...

Section 843. - 843. (a) If real property is owned concurrently by two...

Section 845. - 845. (a) The owner of any easement in the nature...

Section 846. - 846. (a) An owner of any estate or any other...

Section 846.1. - 846.1. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), an owner...

Section 846.2. - 846.2. No cause of action shall arise against the owner,...

Section 846.5. - 846.5. (a) The right of entry upon or to real...

Section 847. - 847. (a) An owner, including, but not limited to, a...

Section 848. - 848. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the owner...

CHAPTER 3 - Environmental Responsibility Acceptance Act

Section 850. - 850. The definitions set forth in Section 25260 of the...

Section 850. - 850. The definitions set forth in Section 25260 of the...

Section 851. - 851. (a) An owner of a site who has actual...

Section 851. - 851. (a) An owner of a site who has actual...

Section 852. - 852. (a) Within 45 days after issuance of the commitment...

Section 853. - 853. (a) Neither the failure to issue a commitment statement...

Section 853. - 853. (a) Neither the failure to issue a commitment statement...

Section 854. - 854. A commitment statement shall be executed in substantially the...

Section 855. - 855. The notification requirements of Section 851 shall not become...

TITLE 5 - MARKETABLE RECORD TITLE

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Construction

Section 880.020. - 880.020. (a) The Legislature declares as public policy that: (1)...

Section 880.030. - 880.030. Nothing in this title shall be construed to: (a)...

ARTICLE 2 - Application of Title

Section 880.240. - 880.240. The following interests are not subject to expiration or...

Section 880.250. - 880.250. (a) The times prescribed in this title for expiration...

Section 880.260. - 880.260. An interest in real property, as specified in this...

ARTICLE 3 - Preservation of Interests

Section 880.310. - 880.310. (a) If the time within which an interest in...

Section 880.320. - 880.320. A notice of intent to preserve an interest in...

Section 880.330. - 880.330. Subject to all statutory requirements for recorded documents: (a)...

Section 880.340. - 880.340. Subject to all statutory requirements for recorded documents, a...

Section 880.350. - 880.350. (a) A notice of intent to preserve an interest...

Section 880.360. - 880.360. A person shall not record a notice of intent...

Section 880.370. - 880.370. If the period prescribed by statute during which a...

CHAPTER 2 - Ancient Mortgages and Deeds of Trust

Section 882.020. - 882.020. (a) Unless the lien of a mortgage, deed of...

Section 882.030. - 882.030. Expiration of the lien of a mortgage, deed of...

Section 882.040. - 882.040. (a) Subject to Section 880.370 (grace period for recording...

CHAPTER 3 - Mineral Rights

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 883.110. - 883.110. As used in this chapter, “mineral right” means an...

Section 883.120. - 883.120. (a) This chapter does not apply to a mineral...

Section 883.130. - 883.130. Nothing in this chapter limits or affects the common...

Section 883.140. - 883.140. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Lessee” includes...

ARTICLE 2 - Termination of Dormant Mineral Right

Section 883.210. - 883.210. The owner of real property subject to a mineral...

Section 883.220. - 883.220. For the purpose of this article, a mineral right...

Section 883.230. - 883.230. (a) An owner of a mineral right may at...

Section 883.240. - 883.240. (a) An action to terminate a mineral right pursuant...

Section 883.250. - 883.250. In an action to terminate a mineral right pursuant...

Section 883.260. - 883.260. A mineral right terminated pursuant to this article is...

Section 883.270. - 883.270. Subject to Section 880.370 (grace period for recording notice),...

CHAPTER 4 - Unexercised Options

Section 884.010. - 884.010. If a recorded instrument creates or gives constructive notice...

Section 884.020. - 884.020. Upon the expiration of record of an option to...

Section 884.030. - 884.030. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this...

CHAPTER 5 - Powers of Termination

Section 885.010. - 885.010. (a) As used in this chapter: (1) “Power of...

Section 885.015. - 885.015. This chapter does not apply to any of the...

Section 885.020. - 885.020. Fees simple determinable and possibilities of reverter are abolished....

Section 885.030. - 885.030. (a) A power of termination of record expires at...

Section 885.040. - 885.040. (a) If a power of termination becomes obsolete, the...

Section 885.050. - 885.050. A power of termination shall be exercised only by...

Section 885.060. - 885.060. (a) Expiration of a power of termination pursuant to...

Section 885.070. - 885.070. (a) Subject to Section 880.370 (grace period for recording...

CHAPTER 6 - Unperformed Contracts for Sale of Real Property

Section 886.010. - 886.010. As used in this chapter: (a) “Contract for sale...

Section 886.020. - 886.020. If the party to whom title to real property...

Section 886.030. - 886.030. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a...

Section 886.040. - 886.040. Upon the expiration of record of a recorded contract...

Section 886.050. - 886.050. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this...

CHAPTER 7 - Abandoned Easements

Section 887.010. - 887.010. As used in this chapter, “easement” means a burden...

Section 887.020. - 887.020. This chapter does not apply to an easement that...

Section 887.030. - 887.030. This chapter supplements and does not limit or otherwise...

Section 887.040. - 887.040. (a) The owner of real property subject to an...

Section 887.050. - 887.050. (a) For purposes of this chapter, an easement is...

Section 887.060. - 887.060. (a) The owner of an easement may at any...

Section 887.070. - 887.070. In an action to establish the abandonment of an...

Section 887.080. - 887.080. An abandoned easement is unenforceable and is deemed to...

Section 887.090. - 887.090. Subject to Sections 880.370 (grace period for recording notice)...

TITLE 6 - RENT SKIMMING

Section 890. - 890. (a) (1) “Rent skimming” means using revenue received from...

Section 891. - 891. (a) A seller of an interest in residential real...

Section 892. - 892. (a) Any person who engages in multiple acts of...

Section 893. - 893. (a) It is an affirmative defense for a natural...

Section 894. - 894. If any provision of this title or the application...

TITLE 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ACTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS

CHAPTER 1 - Definitions

Section 895. - 895. (a) “Structure” means any residential dwelling, other building, or...

CHAPTER 2 - Actionable Defects

Section 896. - 896. In any action seeking recovery of damages arising out...

Section 897. - 897. The standards set forth in this chapter are intended...

CHAPTER 3 - Obligations

Section 900. - 900. As to fit and finish items, a builder shall...

Section 901. - 901. A builder may, but is not required to, offer...

Section 902. - 902. If a builder offers an enhanced protection agreement, the...

Section 903. - 903. If a builder offers an enhanced protection agreement in...

Section 904. - 904. If a builder has elected to use an enhanced...

Section 905. - 905. If a homeowner seeks to enforce Chapter 2 (commencing...

Section 906. - 906. A builder’s election to use an enhanced protection agreement...

Section 907. - 907. A homeowner is obligated to follow all reasonable maintenance...

CHAPTER 4 - Prelitigation Procedure

Section 910. - 910. Prior to filing an action against any party alleged...

Section 911. - 911. (a) For purposes of this title, except as provided...

Section 912. - 912. A builder shall do all of the following: (a)...

Section 913. - 913. A builder or his or her representative shall acknowledge,...

Section 914. - 914. (a) This chapter establishes a nonadversarial procedure, including the...

Section 915. - 915. If a builder fails to acknowledge receipt of the...

Section 916. - 916. (a) If a builder elects to inspect the claimed...

Section 917. - 917. Within 30 days of the initial or, if requested,...

Section 918. - 918. Upon receipt of the offer to repair, the homeowner...

Section 919. - 919. The offer to repair shall also be accompanied by...

Section 920. - 920. If the builder fails to make an offer to...

Section 921. - 921. (a) In the event that a resolution under this...

Section 922. - 922. The builder shall, upon request, allow the repair to...

Section 923. - 923. The builder shall provide the homeowner or his or...

Section 924. - 924. If the builder elects to repair some, but not...

Section 925. - 925. If the builder fails to complete the repair within...

Section 926. - 926. The builder may not obtain a release or waiver...

Section 927. - 927. If the applicable statute of limitations has otherwise run...

Section 928. - 928. If the builder has invoked this chapter and completed...

Section 929. - 929. (a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits the builder from...

Section 930. - 930. (a) The time periods and all other requirements in...

Section 931. - 931. If a claim combines causes of action or damages...

Section 932. - 932. Subsequently discovered claims of unmet standards shall be administered...

Section 933. - 933. If any enforcement of these standards is commenced, the...

Section 934. - 934. Evidence of both parties’ conduct during this process may...

Section 935. - 935. To the extent that provisions of this chapter are...

Section 936. - 936. Each and every provision of the other chapters of...

Section 937. - 937. Nothing in this title shall be interpreted to eliminate...

Section 938. - 938. This title applies only to new residential units where...

CHAPTER 5 - Procedure

Section 941. - 941. (a) Except as specifically set forth in this title,...

Section 942. - 942. In order to make a claim for violation of...

Section 943. - 943. (a) Except as provided in this title, no other...

Section 944. - 944. If a claim for damages is made under this...

Section 945. - 945. The provisions, standards, rights, and obligations set forth in...

Section 945.5. - 945.5. A builder, general contractor, subcontractor, material supplier, individual product...