California Civil Code TITLE 1 - NATURE OF PROPERTY

  • Section 654.
    The ownership of a thing is the right of one or more persons to possess and use it to the exclusion of others. In this...
  • Section 655.
    There may be ownership of all inanimate things which are capable of appropriation or of manual delivery; of all domestic animals; of all obligations; of...
  • Section 656.
    Animals wild by nature are the subjects of ownership, while living, only when on the land of the person claiming them, or when tamed, or...
  • Section 657.
    Property is either:l. Real or immovable; or,2. Personal or movable.(Enacted 1872.)
  • Section 658.
    Real or immovable property consists of:l. Land;2. That which is affixed to land;3. That which is incidental or appurtenant to land;4. That which is immovable by law; except that...
  • Section 659.
    Land is the material of the earth, whatever may be the ingredients of which it is composed, whether soil, rock, or other substance, and includes...
  • Section 660.
    A thing is deemed to be affixed to land when it is attached to it by roots, as in the case of trees, vines, or...
  • Section 662.
    A thing is deemed to be incidental or appurtenant to land when it is by right used with the land for its benefit, as in...
  • Section 663.
    Every kind of property that is not real is personal.(Enacted 1872.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018