California Code
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS
TITLE 10.5 - PARTITION OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Provisions

Section 872.010. - 872.010. As used in this title: (a) “Action” means an...

Section 872.020. - 872.020. This title governs actions for partition of real property...

Section 872.030. - 872.030. The statutes and rules governing practice in civil actions...

Section 872.040. - 872.040. Nothing in this title excuses compliance with any applicable...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers of Court

Section 872.110. - 872.110. (a) The superior court has jurisdiction of actions under...

Section 872.120. - 872.120. In the conduct of the action, the court may...

Section 872.130. - 872.130. In the conduct of the action, the court may...

Section 872.140. - 872.140. The court may, in all cases, order allowance, accounting,...

CHAPTER 2 - Commencement of Action

ARTICLE 1 - Complaint and Lis Pendens

Section 872.210. - 872.210. (a) A partition action may be commenced and maintained...

Section 872.220. - 872.220. If it is necessary to have a title report:...

Section 872.230. - 872.230. The complaint shall set forth: (a) A description of...

Section 872.240. - 872.240. Real and personal property may be partitioned in one...

Section 872.250. - 872.250. (a) Immediately upon filing the complaint, the plaintiff shall...

ARTICLE 2 - Summons

Section 872.310. - 872.310. (a) The form, content, and manner of service of...

Section 872.320. - 872.320. Where the court orders service by publication, such order...

Section 872.330. - 872.330. (a) Where the court orders service by publication, the...

ARTICLE 3 - Answer

Section 872.410. - 872.410. The answer shall set forth: (a) Any interest the...

Section 872.420. - 872.420. Where the defendant has or claims a lien on...

Section 872.430. - 872.430. The answer may set forth any claim the defendant...

ARTICLE 4 - Parties

Section 872.510. - 872.510. The plaintiff shall join as defendants in the action...

Section 872.520. - 872.520. (a) If the name of a person described in...

Section 872.530. - 872.530. (a) If a person described in Section 872.510 is...

Section 872.540. - 872.540. Where property is subject to a lease, community lease,...

Section 872.550. - 872.550. Where partition is sought as to all interests in...

CHAPTER 3 - Trial

ARTICLE 1 - Determination of Interests of Parties

Section 872.610. - 872.610. The interests of the parties, plaintiff as well as...

Section 872.620. - 872.620. To the extent necessary to grant the relief sought...

Section 872.630. - 872.630. (a) To the extent necessary to grant the relief...

Section 872.640. - 872.640. Where two or more parties are unknown, the court...

ARTICLE 2 - Determination of Right to Partition

Section 872.710. - 872.710. (a) At the trial, the court shall determine whether...

Section 872.720. - 872.720. (a) If the court finds that the plaintiff is...

Section 872.730. - 872.730. To the extent that the court determines that the...

ARTICLE 3 - Determination of Manner of Partition

Section 872.810. - 872.810. The court shall order that the property be divided...

Section 872.820. - 872.820. Notwithstanding Section 872.810, the court shall order that the...

Section 872.830. - 872.830. If, in making a determination whether sale would be...

Section 872.840. - 872.840. (a) Where the property or an interest therein is...

CHAPTER 4 - Referees

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 873.010. - 873.010. (a) The court shall appoint a referee to divide...

Section 873.020. - 873.020. The court in its discretion may appoint a referee...

Section 873.030. - 873.030. (a) The court may, with the consent of the...

Section 873.040. - 873.040. (a) The court shall appoint as referee under this...

Section 873.050. - 873.050. None of the following persons shall be appointed a...

Section 873.060. - 873.060. The referee may perform any acts necessary to exercise...

Section 873.070. - 873.070. The referee or any party may, on noticed motion,...

Section 873.080. - 873.080. (a) In selling or dividing the property, the referee...

ARTICLE 2 - Contracts of Referee

Section 873.110. - 873.110. Subject to the limitations of this article, the court...

Section 873.120. - 873.120. (a) The referee may employ an attorney only with...

Section 873.130. - 873.130. The referee may, with the approval of the court...

Section 873.140. - 873.140. The referee may, with the approval of the court...

Section 873.150. - 873.150. A contract for the services of an attorney, surveyor,...

Section 873.160. - 873.160. The referee is not personally liable on contracts made,...

CHAPTER 5 - Division of the Property

Section 873.210. - 873.210. The referee appointed by the court to make a...

Section 873.220. - 873.220. As far as practical, and to the extent it...

Section 873.230. - 873.230. Where prior to the commencement of the action a...

Section 873.240. - 873.240. Where real property consists of more than one distinct...

Section 873.250. - 873.250. (a) Where division cannot be made equally among the...

Section 873.260. - 873.260. Where a lien is on an undivided interest of...

Section 873.270. - 873.270. Where the court has determined the combined interests of...

Section 873.280. - 873.280. (a) The referee shall file with the court a...

Section 873.290. - 873.290. (a) Any party, upon notice to the other parties...

CHAPTER 6 - Sale of the Property

ARTICLE 1 - Manner of Sale

Section 873.510. - 873.510. The referee appointed by the court to make a...

Section 873.520. - 873.520. The property shall be sold at public auction or...

Section 873.530. - 873.530. Part of the property may be sold at public...

ARTICLE 2 - Sales Procedures

Section 873.600. - 873.600. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the court...

Section 873.610. - 873.610. (a) The court may, at the time of trial...

Section 873.620. - 873.620. (a) Unless the interests and rights of the parties...

Section 873.630. - 873.630. The court may: (a) Direct a sale on credit...

Section 873.640. - 873.640. (a) Notice of the sale of real or personal...

Section 873.650. - 873.650. (a) The court shall prescribe the contents of the...

Section 873.660. - 873.660. (a) The court may order securities listed on an...

Section 873.670. - 873.670. (a) A sale at public auction to the highest...

Section 873.680. - 873.680. (a) A sale at private sale shall not be...

Section 873.690. - 873.690. (a) The following persons shall not purchase property sold...

ARTICLE 3 - Consummation of Sale

Section 873.710. - 873.710. (a) Upon making a sale of property, the referee...

Section 873.720. - 873.720. (a) A purchaser, the referee, or any party may...

Section 873.730. - 873.730. (a) At the hearing, the court shall examine the...

Section 873.740. - 873.740. (a) If at the hearing under Section 873.730 a...

Section 873.745. - 873.745. The amount of agents’ commissions on the sale, if...

Section 873.750. - 873.750. (a) Upon confirmation of a sale, the court shall...

Section 873.760. - 873.760. If the purchaser, after the confirmation of the sale,...

Section 873.770. - 873.770. Where the purchaser is a party or lienholder entitled...

Section 873.780. - 873.780. The court may make orders relating to the closing...

Section 873.790. - 873.790. (a) Upon fulfillment of the terms of sale, the...

ARTICLE 4 - Disposition of Proceeds of Sale

Section 873.810. - 873.810. The court shall order the proceeds of sale and...

Section 873.820. - 873.820. The proceeds of sale for any property sold shall...

Section 873.830. - 873.830. Where a part only of the property is sold,...

Section 873.840. - 873.840. (a) The court shall ascertain the proportion of the...

Section 873.850. - 873.850. When the proceeds of the sale belonging to persons...

CHAPTER 7 - Partition by Appraisal

Section 873.910. - 873.910. When the interests of all parties are undisputed or...

Section 873.920. - 873.920. The agreement shall be in writing filed with the...

Section 873.930. - 873.930. (a) Any party to the agreement may, upon noticed...

Section 873.940. - 873.940. The court shall appoint one referee or, if provided...

Section 873.950. - 873.950. Any party to the agreement or the referee, upon...

Section 873.960. - 873.960. At the hearing, the court shall examine the report...

Section 873.970. - 873.970. The agreement binds the heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and...

Section 873.980. - 873.980. The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and if,...

CHAPTER 8 - Costs of Partition

ARTICLE 1 - Allowance and Apportionment of Costs of Partition

Section 874.010. - 874.010. The costs of partition include: (a) Reasonable attorney’s fees...

Section 874.020. - 874.020. The costs of partition include reasonable expenses, including attorney’s...

Section 874.030. - 874.030. Where disbursements have been made by a party under...

Section 874.040. - 874.040. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the court...

Section 874.050. - 874.050. (a) The court may order that the share of...

ARTICLE 2 - Payment of Costs of Partition

Section 874.110. - 874.110. (a) The costs of partition as apportioned by the...

Section 874.120. - 874.120. (a) The costs shall be a lien on the...

Section 874.130. - 874.130. Upon application of a person entitled to a lien...

Section 874.140. - 874.140. A judgment for unpaid costs of partition may be...

CHAPTER 9 - Judgment

Section 874.210. - 874.210. The judgment in the action is binding and conclusive...

Section 874.225. - 874.225. Except to the extent provided in Section 1908, the...

Section 874.240. - 874.240. A conveyance or transfer pursuant to Sections 873.750 and...

CHAPTER 10 - Partition of Real Property Act

Section 874.311. - 874.311. (a) This act shall be known, and may be...

Section 874.312. - 874.312. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 874.313. - 874.313. (a) In an action to partition real property, the...

Section 874.314. - 874.314. (a) This act does not limit or affect the...

Section 874.315. - 874.315. If the court appoints referees pursuant to Section 873.010,...

Section 874.316. - 874.316. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and...

Section 874.317. - 874.317. (a) If any cotenant requested partition by sale, the...

Section 874.318. - 874.318. (a) If all the interests of all cotenants that...

Section 874.319. - 874.319. (a) In determining whether partition in kind would result...

Section 874.320. - 874.320. (a) If the court orders a sale of property,...

Section 874.321. - 874.321. (a) A broker appointed to offer property for open-market...

Section 874.321.5. - 874.321.5. In an action for partition of property, the court...

Section 874.323. - 874.323. This act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures...