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Cal. Civ. Code § 809

Servitudes

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 24 Cal. 4th 871 - Kazi v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (2001)

Most recently applied in 227 Cal. Rptr. 3d 390 - McBride v. Smith (January 2018)

Enacted 1872.

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The owner of any estate in a dominant tenement, or the occupant of such tenement, may maintain an action for the enforcement of an easement attached thereto.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.