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