No use by any person or persons, no matter how long continued, of any land, shall ever ripen into an easement by prescription, if the owner of such property posts at each entrance to the property or at intervals of not more than 200 feet along the boundary a sign reading substantially as follows: “Right to pass by permission, and subject to control, of owner: Section 1008, Civil Code.”
Cal. Civ. Code § 1008
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Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 26 Cal. 3d 201 - County of Los Angeles v. Berk (1980)
Most recently applied in 3 Cal. 5th 136 - Scher v. Burke (June 2017)
Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 926.
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