When relevant to the determination of the value of property, a witness may take into account as a basis for his opinion the capitalized value of the reasonable net rental value attributable to the land and existing improvements thereon (as distinguished from the capitalized value of the income or profits attributable to the business conducted thereon).
Cal. Evid. Code § 819
Evidence of Market Value of Property
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case 4 Cal. 3d 478 - Merced Irrigation District v. Woolstenhulme (1971)
Most recently applied in 159 F. Supp. 3d 1182 - California v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (February 2016)
Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1151.
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