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CA Civ Code § 793 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 2 - Termination of Estates|Section 793.

793.  An action for the possession of real property leased or granted, with a right of re-entry, may be maintained at any time, after the right to re-enter has accrued, without the notice prescribed in section seven hundred and ninety-one.(Amended by Stats. 1905, Ch. 438.)
CA Civ Code § 801 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes|Section 801.

801.  The following land burdens, or servitudes upon land, may be attached to other land as incidents or appurtenances, and are then called easements:1. The right of pasture;2. The right of fishing;3. The right of taking game;4. The right-of-way;5. The right of taking water, wood, minerals, and other things;6. The right of transacting business upon land;7. The right of conducting lawful sports upon land;8. The right of receiving air, light, or heat from or over, or discharging the same upon or over land;9. The right of receiving water from or discharging the same upon land;10. The right of flooding land;11. The right of having water flow without diminution or disturbance of any kind;12. The right of using a wall as a party wall;13. The right of receiving more than natural support from adjacent land or things affixed thereto;14. The right of having the whole of a division fence maintained by a coterminous owner;15. The right of having public conveyances stopped, or of stopping the same on land;16. The right of a seat in church;17. The right of burial;18. The right of receiving sunlight upon or over land as specified in Section 801.5.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1154.)
CA Civ Code § 801.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes|Section 801.5.

801.5.  (a) The right of receiving sunlight as specified in subdivision 18 of Section 801 shall be referred to as a solar easement. “Solar easement” means the right of receiving sunlight across real property of another for any solar energy system.As used in this section, “solar energy system” means either of the following that is designed to serve one utility retail customer on the same property, more than one utility retail customer on the same property, one utility retail customer on the same, adjacent, or contiguous properties, or more than one utility retail customer on the same, adjacent or contiguous properties, and is not designed for procurement of electricity by an electric utility:(1) Any solar collector or other solar energy device whose primary purpose is to provide for the collection, storage, and distribution of solar energy for space heating, space cooling, electric generation, or water heating.(2) A structural design feature, including the following:(A) Solar racking, solar mounting, and elevated solar support structures, including, but not limited to, solar carports, solar shade structures, solar awnings, solar canopies, and solar patio covers, regardless of whether the feature is on the ground or on a building. Elevated solar support structures include the aboveground superstructure and associated foundation elements that support the solar collectors or other solar energy devices described in paragraph (1). (B) Any design feature whose primary purpose is to provide for the collection, storage, and distribution of solar energy for electricity generation, space heating or cooling, or for water heating.(C) Any photovoltaic device or technology that is integrated into a building, including, but not limited to, photovoltaic windows, siding, and roofing shingles or tiles.(b) Any instrument creating a solar easement shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:(1) A description of the dimensions of the easement expressed in measurable terms, such as vertical or horizontal angles measured in degrees, or the hours of the day on specified dates during which direct sunlight to a specified surface of a solar collector, device, or structural design feature may not be obstructed, or a combination of these descriptions.(2) The restrictions placed upon vegetation, structures, and other objects that would impair or obstruct the passage of sunlight through the easement.(3) The terms or conditions, if any, under which the easement may be revised or terminated.(c) As used in this section, “electric utility” means an electrical corporation as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code or a local publicly owned electric utility as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public Utilities Code.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 235, Sec. 2. (AB 1124) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Civ Code § 801.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes|Section 801.7.

801.7.  (a) When a right-of-way is granted pursuant to Section 801 or 802 to a railroad corporation whose primary business is the transportation of passengers, the grant shall include, but not be limited to, a right-of-way for the location, construction, and maintenance of the railroad corporation’s necessary works and for every necessary adjunct thereto.(b) A “railroad corporation” shall have the same definition as provided in Section 230 of the Public Utilities Code.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1553, Sec. 1.)
CA Civ Code § [802.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes|Section [802.].

[802.]   Section Eight Hundred and Two. The following land burdens, or servitudes upon land, may be granted and held, though not attached to land:One—The right to pasture, and of fishing and taking game.Two—The right of a seat in church.Third—The right of burial.Four—The right of taking rents and tolls.Five—The right of way.Six—The right of taking water, wood, minerals, or other things.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 803 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes|Section 803.

803.  The land to which an easement is attached is called the dominant tenement; the land upon which a burden or servitude is laid is called the servient tenement.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 804 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes|Section 804.

804.  A servitude can be created only by one who has a vested estate in the servient tenement.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 805 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes|Section 805.

805.  A servitude thereon cannot be held by the owner of the servient tenement.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 806 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes|Section 806.

806.  The extent of a servitude is determined by the terms of the grant, or the nature of the enjoyment by which it was acquired.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 807 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes|Section 807.

807.  In case of partition of the dominant tenement the burden must be apportioned according to the division of the dominant tenement, but not in such a way as to increase the burden upon the servient tenement.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 808 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes|Section 808.

808.  The owner of a future estate in a dominant tenement may use easements attached thereto for the purpose of viewing waste, demanding rent, or removing an obstruction to the enjoyment of such easements, although such tenement is occupied by a tenant.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 809 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes|Section 809.

809.  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.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 810 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes|Section 810.

810.  The owner in fee of a servient tenement may maintain an action for the possession of the land, against any one unlawfully possessed thereof, though a servitude exists thereon in favor of the public.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 811 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes|Section 811.

811.  A servitude is extinguished:1. By the vesting of the right to the servitude and the right to the servient tenement in the same person;2. By the destruction of the servient tenement;3. By the performance of any act upon either tenement, by the owner of the servitude, or with his assent, which is incompatible with its nature or exercise; or,4. When the servitude was acquired by enjoyment, by disuse thereof by the owner of the servitude for the period prescribed for acquiring title by enjoyment. (Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 813 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 3 - Servitudes|Section 813.

813.  The holder of record title to land may record in the office of the recorder of any county in which any part of the land is situated, a description of said land and a notice reading substantially as follows: “The right of the public or any person to make any use whatsoever of the above described land or any portion thereof (other than any use expressly allowed by a written or recorded map, agreement, deed or dedication) is by permission, and subject to control, of owner: Section 813, Civil Code.”The recorded notice is conclusive evidence that subsequent use of the land during the time such notice is in effect by the public or any user for any purpose (other than any use expressly allowed by a written or recorded map, agreement, deed or dedication) is permissive and with consent in any judicial proceeding involving the issue as to whether all or any portion of such land has been dedicated to public use or whether any user has a prescriptive right in such land or any portion thereof. The notice may be revoked by the holder of record title by recording a notice of revocation in the office of the recorder wherein the notice is recorded. After recording a notice pursuant to this section, and prior to any revocation thereof, the owner shall not prevent any public use appropriate thereto by physical obstruction, notice or otherwise.In the event of use by other than the general public, any such notices, to be effective, shall also be served by registered mail on the user.The recording of a notice pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to affect rights vested at the time of recording.The permission for public use of real property provided for in such a recorded notice may be conditioned upon reasonable restrictions on the time, place, and manner of such public use, and no use in violation of such restrictions shall be considered public use for purposes of a finding of implied dedication.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 941.)
CA Civ Code § 815 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 4 - Conservation Easements|Section 815.

815.  The Legislature finds and declares that the preservation of land in its natural, scenic, agricultural, historical, forested, or open-space condition is among the most important environmental assets of California. The Legislature further finds and declares it to be the public policy and in the public interest of this state to encourage the voluntary conveyance of conservation easements to qualified nonprofit organizations.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 179.)
CA Civ Code § 815.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 4 - Conservation Easements|Section 815.1.

815.1.  For the purposes of this chapter, “conservation easement” means any limitation in a deed, will, or other instrument in the form of an easement, restriction, covenant, or condition, which is or has been executed by or on behalf of the owner of the land subject to such easement and is binding upon successive owners of such land, and the purpose of which is to retain land predominantly in its natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, forested, or open-space condition.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 179.)
CA Civ Code § 815.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 4 - Conservation Easements|Section 815.2.

815.2.  (a) A conservation easement is an interest in real property voluntarily created and freely transferable in whole or in part for the purposes stated in Section 815.1 by any lawful method for the transfer of interests in real property in this state.(b) A conservation easement shall be perpetual in duration.(c) A conservation easement shall not be deemed personal in nature and shall constitute an interest in real property notwithstanding the fact that it may be negative in character.(d) The particular characteristics of a conservation easement shall be those granted or specified in the instrument creating or transferring the easement.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 179.)
CA Civ Code § 815.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 4 - Conservation Easements|Section 815.3.

815.3.  Only the following entities or organizations may acquire and hold conservation easements:(a)  A tax-exempt nonprofit organization qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and qualified to do business in this state which has as its primary purpose the preservation, protection, or enhancement of land in its natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, forested, or open-space condition or use.(b) The state or any city, county, city and county, district, or other state or local governmental entity, if otherwise authorized to acquire and hold title to real property and if the conservation easement is voluntarily conveyed. No local governmental entity may condition the issuance of an entitlement for use on the applicant’s granting of a conservation easement pursuant to this chapter.(c) A federally recognized California Native American tribe or a nonfederally recognized California Native American tribe that is on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission to protect a California Native American prehistoric, archaeological, cultural, spiritual, or ceremonial place, if the conservation easement is voluntarily conveyed.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 905, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Civ Code § 815.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 4 - Conservation Easements|Section 815.4.

815.4.  All interests not transferred and conveyed by the instrument creating the easement shall remain in the grantor of the easement, including the right to engage in all uses of the land not affected by the easement nor prohibited by the easement or by law.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 179.)
CA Civ Code § 815.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 4 - Conservation Easements|Section 815.5.

815.5.  Instruments creating, assigning, or otherwise transferring conservation easements shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county where the land is situated, in whole or in part, and such instruments shall be subject in all respects to the recording laws.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 179.)
CA Civ Code § 815.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 4 - Conservation Easements|Section 815.7.

815.7.  (a) No conservation easement shall be unenforceable by reason of lack of privity of contract or lack of benefit to particular land or because not expressed in the instrument creating it as running with the land.(b) Actual or threatened injury to or impairment of a conservation easement or actual or threatened violation of its terms may be prohibited or restrained, or the interest intended for protection by such easement may be enforced, by injunctive relief granted by any court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding initiated by the grantor or by the owner of the easement.(c) In addition to the remedy of injunctive relief, the holder of a conservation easement shall be entitled to recover money damages for any injury to such easement or to the interest being protected thereby or for the violation of the terms of such easement. In assessing such damages there may be taken into account, in addition to the cost of restoration and other usual rules of the law of damages, the loss of scenic, aesthetic, or environmental value to the real property subject to the easement.(d) The court may award to the prevailing party in any action authorized by this section the costs of litigation, including reasonable attorney’s fees.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 179.)
CA Civ Code § 815.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 4 - Conservation Easements|Section 815.9.

815.9.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impair or conflict with the operation of any law or statute conferring upon any political subdivision the right or power to hold interests in land comparable to conservation easements, including, but not limited to, Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 6950) of Division 7 of Title 1 of, Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 51050), Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 51070) and Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of, and Article 10.5 (commencing with Section 65560) of Chapter 3 of Title 7 of, the Government Code, and Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 421) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 179.)
CA Civ Code § 815.10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 4 - Conservation Easements|Section 815.10.

815.10.  A conservation easement granted pursuant to this chapter constitutes an enforceable restriction, for purposes of Section 402.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 777, Sec. 1.)
CA Civ Code § 815.11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 4 - Conservation Easements|Section 815.11.

815.11.  For any conservation easement purchased with state funds on or after January 1, 2019, wherein land subject to the easement includes some forest lands, or consists completely of forest lands, to the extent not in conflict with federal law, the terms of any applicable bond, or the requirements of any other funding source, the landowner shall agree, as part of the easement management plan, to maintain and improve forest health through promotion of a more natural tree density, species composition, structure, and habitat function, to make improvements that increase the land’s ability to provide resilient, long-term carbon sequestration and net carbon stores as well as watershed functions, to provide for the retention of larger trees and a natural range of age classes, and to ensure the growth and retention of these larger trees over time.(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 626, Sec. 2. (SB 901) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Civ Code § 816 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 4 - Conservation Easements|Section 816.

816.  The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate the policy and purpose of Section 815.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 179.)
CA Civ Code § 816.50 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 4.5 - Greenway Easements|Section 816.50.

816.50.  The Legislature finds and declares the following with regard to the development of greenways along urban waterways:(a) The restoration and preservation of land in its natural, scenic, forested, recreational, or open-space condition is among the most important environmental assets in California.(b) Greenways have the potential to improve the quality of life in, and connectivity between, communities, and provide important recreational, open-space, wildlife, flood management, greenhouse gas reduction, and urban waterfront revitalization opportunities.(c) It is the policy of the Legislature and in the best interest in the state to encourage the voluntary conveyance of greenway easements to qualified nonprofit organizations.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 639, Sec. 3. (AB 1251) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Civ Code § 816.54 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 2 - REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY|TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY|CHAPTER 4.5 - Greenway Easements|Section 816.54.

816.54.  (a) A greenway easement is an interest in real property voluntarily created and freely transferable in whole or in part for the purposes stated in subdivision (c) of Section 816.52 by any lawful method for the transfer of interests in real property in this state.(b) A greenway easement shall be perpetual in duration.(c) Notwithstanding the fact that it may be negative in character, a greenway easement is not personal in nature and shall constitute an interest in real property.(d) The particular characteristics of a greenway easement shall be those granted or specified in the instrument creating or transferring the easement.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 639, Sec. 3. (AB 1251) Effective January 1, 2016.)