California Civil Code ARTICLE 1 - Interests in Property

  • Section 678.
    The ownership of property is either:1. Absolute; or,2. Qualified.(Enacted 1872.)
  • Section 679.
    The ownership of property is absolute when a single person has the absolute dominion over it, and may use it or dispose of it according...
  • Section 680.
    The ownership of property is qualified:1. When it is shared with one or more persons;2. When the time of enjoyment is deferred or limited;3. When the use is...
  • Section 681.
    The ownership of property by a single person is designated as a sole or several ownership.(Enacted 1872.)
  • Section 682.
    The ownership of property by several persons is either:(a) Of joint interest.(b) Of partnership interests.(c) Of interests in common.(d) Of community interest of spouses.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50,...
  • Section 682.1.
    (a) Community property of spouses, when expressly declared in the transfer document to be community property with right of survivorship, and which may be accepted in...
  • Section 683.
    (a) A joint interest is one owned by two or more persons in equal shares, by a title created by a single will or transfer, when...
  • Section 683.1.
    No contract or other arrangement made after the effective date of this section between any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of renting...
  • Section 683.2.
    (a) Subject to the limitations and requirements of this section, in addition to any other means by which a joint tenancy may be severed, a joint...
  • Section 684.
    A partnership interest is one owned by several persons, in partnership, for partnership purposes.(Enacted 1872.)
  • Section 685.
    An interest in common is one owned by several persons, not in joint ownership or partnership.(Enacted 1872.)
  • Section 686.
    Every interest created in favor of several persons in their own right is an interest in common, unless acquired by them in partnership, for partnership...
  • Section 687.
    Community property is property that is community property under Part 2 (commencing with Section 760) of Division 4 of the Family Code.(Amended by Stats. 1992,...
  • Section 688.
    In respect to the time of enjoyment, an interest in property is either:1. Present or future; and,2. Perpetual or limited.(Enacted 1872.)
  • Section 689.
    A present interest entitles the owner to the immediate possession of the property.(Enacted 1872.)
  • Section 690.
    A future interest entitles the owner to the possession of the property only at a future period.(Enacted 1872.)
  • Section 691.
    A perpetual interest has a duration equal to that of the property.(Enacted 1872.)
  • Section 692.
    A limited interest has a duration less than that of the property.(Enacted 1872.)
  • Section 696.
    Two or more future interests may be created to take effect in the alternative, so that if the first in order fails to vest, the...
  • Section 697.
    A future interest is not void merely because of the improbability of the contingency on which it is limited to take effect.(Enacted 1872.)
  • Section 698.
    When a future interest is limited to successors, heirs, issue, or children, posthumous children are entitled to take in the same manner as if living...
  • Section 699.
    Future interests pass by succession, will, and transfer, in the same manner as present interests.(Enacted 1872.)
  • Section 700.
    A mere possibility, such as the expectancy of an heir apparent, is not to be deemed an interest of any kind.(Enacted 1872.)
  • Section 701.
    In respect to real or immovable property, the interests mentioned in this Chapter are denominated estates, and are specially named and classified in Part II...
  • Section 702.
    The names and classification of interests in real property have only such application to interests in personal property as is in this Division of the...
  • Section 703.
    No future interest in property is recognized by the law, except such as is defined in this Division of the Code.(Enacted 1872.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018