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CA Civ Pro Code § 765.040 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4 - Quiet Title|ARTICLE 6 - Liens and Encumbrances|Section 765.040.

765.040.  Any lien or encumbrance claimant who records or files, or directs another to record or file, a lawsuit, lien, or other encumbrance in violation of Section 765.010 shall be liable to the person subject to the lawsuit or the owner of the property bound by the lien or other encumbrance for a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 208, Sec. 4. (AB 1267) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 765.050 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4 - Quiet Title|ARTICLE 6 - Liens and Encumbrances|Section 765.050.

765.050.  This article does not apply to a document which acts as a claim of encumbrance by a financial institution, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 14161 of the Penal Code or Section 481.113 of this code, or a public entity, as defined in Section 481.200 of this code.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 779, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 765.060 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4 - Quiet Title|ARTICLE 6 - Liens and Encumbrances|Section 765.060.

765.060.  If a lien or other encumbrance is recorded or filed against a public officer or employee in violation of Section 765.010, the state or local agency that employs the public officer or employee may provide counsel for the public officer or employee in an action brought pursuant to that section.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 208, Sec. 5. (AB 1267) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 770.010 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 1 - Identity of Person in Chain of Title|Section 770.010.

770.010.  As used in this article:(a) “Acquired” means received or taken by conveyance, judgment, decree, or otherwise.(b) “Property” means any right, title, or interest in or lien upon real property or part thereof.(c) “Subsequent owner” means the person to whom property is transferred whether as owner, part owner, or otherwise, or the successors in interest of the person, and includes a distributee of the estate of a decedent.(d) “Transfer” means voluntary or involuntary transfer and includes a conveyance, reconveyance, satisfaction of a lien, or divestment by judgment, decree, or otherwise. The probate of the estate of a decedent and entry of the decree of distribution is a transfer within the meaning of this subdivision.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 770.020 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 1 - Identity of Person in Chain of Title|Section 770.020.

770.020.  If property is acquired or stands of record in the name of a person who heretofore or hereafter transfers the property under a name other than or different from the name in which the property is acquired or stands of record, a proceeding is authorized to adjudicate and determine the identity of the person in whose name the property is acquired or stands of record and the person who transfers the property.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 770.030 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 1 - Identity of Person in Chain of Title|Section 770.030.

770.030.  The proceeding shall be brought in the superior court of the county in which the property or any part thereof is situated.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 770.040 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 1 - Identity of Person in Chain of Title|Section 770.040.

770.040.  (a) The proceeding may be brought by a subsequent owner of the property by filing a petition with the court.(b) At any time before the date fixed for the hearing of the petition, any person interested in the property may answer the petition and deny any of the matters contained therein.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 770.050 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 1 - Identity of Person in Chain of Title|Section 770.050.

770.050.  (a) The petition shall be verified in the manner provided for verification of a complaint.(b) The petition may be substantially entitled, “In the matter of the determination of the identity of ____” (naming all the persons sought to be identified), and may set forth:(1) A statement of petitioner’s interest in the property as subsequent owner. (2) A particular description of the property.(3) The name or names of the person or persons sought to be identified, setting out the name and a reference to the record of the transaction under which the property was acquired or stands of record and the name and a reference to the record of the transaction under which the property was transferred or stands of record, that the names are the names of the same person, and that the transfers affect the petitioner’s title to the real property.(4) A prayer that the identity of such persons be established.(c) As many persons sought to be identified as appear of record in the chain of title to the property may be joined in one petition or proceeding.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 770.060 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 1 - Identity of Person in Chain of Title|Section 770.060.

770.060.  (a) Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk shall set the petition for hearing by the court.(b) The petitioner shall give notice of the hearing by causing notices of the time and place of hearing to be posted at the courthouse of the county where the proceeding is pending and in a conspicuous place on the real property described in the petition, at least 10 days before the hearing.(c) The special notice shall be substantially in the following form:(Title of court and cause)Notice is hereby given that ____ has filed a petition herein claiming to be the owner (or distributee) of the following described lands ____ (description) and praying that the identity of the following-named persons, in former conveyances (or judgments or decrees) to said lands or in decrees of distribution of said lands in probate be determined, to wit: ________ (names as J. Doe and John Doe); and that the time and place of hearing said petition has been set for ____ the ____ day of ____, 19__, at the hour of ____, __m. of said day at the courtroom of said court in the City of ____, County of ____, State of California. _____ Clerk(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 770.070 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 1 - Identity of Person in Chain of Title|Section 770.070.

770.070.  (a) At the time fixed for the hearing or such time thereafter as may be fixed by the court, the court shall hear the proofs offered by the petitioner and by any persons answering the petition, and shall make and enter a decree determining the identity of the person or persons set out in the petition in accordance with the proofs.(b) An appeal may be taken by any party aggrieved.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 770.080 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 1 - Identity of Person in Chain of Title|Section 770.080.

770.080.  (a) After the decree has become final it constitutes prima facie evidence of the matters thereby determined and it is presumed that the identity of the person or persons described in the decree is such as is stated in the decree.(b) A certified copy of the decree shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of every county in which any part of the property is situated.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 771.010 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 2 - Land Dedicated for Public Improvement|Section 771.010.

771.010.  If a proposal is heretofore or hereafter made to dedicate real property for public improvement, there is a conclusive presumption that the proposed dedication was not accepted if all of the following conditions are satisfied:(a) The proposal was made by filing a map only.(b) No acceptance of the dedication was made and recorded within 25 years after the map was filed.(c) The real property was not used for the purpose for which the dedication was proposed within 25 years after the map was filed.(d) The real property was sold to a third person after the map was filed and used as if free of the dedication.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 771.020 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 2 - Land Dedicated for Public Improvement|Section 771.020.

771.020.  (a) An action is authorized to clear title to real property of a proposal to dedicate the property for public improvement if there is a conclusive presumption pursuant to Section 771.010 that the proposed dedication was not accepted.(b) The action shall be pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 760.010) and shall have the following features:(1) The public entity to which the dedication was proposed shall be named as defendant.(2) The judgment in the action shall clear the title of the proposed dedication and remove the cloud created by the proposed dedication.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 772.010 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 3 - Right of Entry or Occupation of Surface Lands Under Oil or Gas Lease|Section 772.010.

772.010.  This article applies only to lands within a city in any county with a population exceeding 4,000,000, or with a population of more than 700,000 and less than 710,000 as determined by the 1960 Federal Decennial Census.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 772.020 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 3 - Right of Entry or Occupation of Surface Lands Under Oil or Gas Lease|Section 772.020.

772.020.  As used in this article:(a) “Surface zone” means the zone which lies above a plane which is 500 feet below the surface of the land.(b) “Subject land” means that area occupied by the particular described surface and surface zone for which plaintiff seeks to terminate the leasehold right of entry and occupation.(c) “Lease facilities” means storage tanks, wash tanks, separators, heaters, and other facilities reasonably necessary for the production of oil or gas, including secondary recovery operations.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 772.030 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 3 - Right of Entry or Occupation of Surface Lands Under Oil or Gas Lease|Section 772.030.

772.030.  (a) If a mining rights lease, including a community lease, exists for the production of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons, and a right of entry or occupation provided by the lease encumbers all or part of the surface or surface zone of the leasehold lands, any person who owns a fee interest in the surface of the leasehold lands may bring an action in the superior court to terminate the right of entry or occupation as to all or some described portion of the surface and surface zone of the leasehold lands in which the person owns an interest. (b) No judgment rendered pursuant to this article shall change or affect the terms or operation of any valid unit agreement or valid operating agreement which comes within the provisions of Section 3301 or 3321 of the Public Resources Code.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 772.040 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 3 - Right of Entry or Occupation of Surface Lands Under Oil or Gas Lease|Section 772.040.

772.040.  The court may render a judgment terminating the lessee’s right of entry or occupation of the surface and surface zone, subject to such conditions as the court deems fair and equitable, if the evidence shows each of the following:(a) The document that created the leasehold interest was originally executed more than 20 years prior to filing the action under this article regardless of any amendments to the document. However, if any amendment was entered into expressly for the purpose of waiving, limiting, or rearranging surface rights of entry and occupation by the lessee, the 20-year period shall be computed as if the document were originally executed on the date of execution of the amendment.(b) The subject land is not presently occupied by any of the following:(1) A producing oil or gas well or well bore.(2) A well or well bore being utilized for injection of water, gas, or other substance into geologic substrata as an aid to oil or gas production or to ameliorating subsidence.(3) A well or well bore being utilized for the disposal injection of waste oil well brine and byproducts.(4) A well or well bore being utilized for the production of water for use in oil field injection, waterflood, and pressure maintenance programs.(c) Termination of the right of entry or occupation within the subject land in the manner requested by the plaintiff, or subject to such conditions as the court may impose pursuant to this section, will not significantly interfere with the right of the lessee, under the lease, to continue to conduct operations for the continued production of oil from leasehold strata beneath the surface zone in a practical and economic manner, utilizing such production techniques as will be appropriate to the leasehold area, consistent with good oilfield practice, and to gather, transport, and market the oil.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 772.050 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 3 - Right of Entry or Occupation of Surface Lands Under Oil or Gas Lease|Section 772.050.

772.050.  (a) The court may qualify the judgment terminating the surface and surface zone right of entry or occupation so as to provide for limited surface and surface zone easements that the lessee may continue to enjoy within the subject land.(b) A judgment may be conditioned upon the relocation of pipelines, roadways, equipment, or lease facilities in such manner as will most effectively free the subject land for surface use while safeguarding continued oil and gas operations in a practical and economic manner. Any such condition of the judgment shall require the plaintiff to pay the costs of the relocation. However, the plaintiff shall be entitled to a setoff against the costs to the extent of any benefit to the lessee resulting from the installation of new equipment or material. The plaintiff has the burden of proving any benefit accruing to the lessee.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 772.060 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title|ARTICLE 3 - Right of Entry or Occupation of Surface Lands Under Oil or Gas Lease|Section 772.060.

772.060.  It is against public policy for any oil or gas lease, at its inception, to provide for the waiver of any rights created by this article, or for such rights to be waived by amendment to any oil or gas lease within 20 years of the date of its execution by a plaintiff or the plaintiff’s predecessor in interest.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 830 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 7 - Actions Relating to Groundwater Rights|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 830.

830.  (a) This chapter establishes methods and procedures for a comprehensive adjudication.(b) This chapter shall be applied and interpreted consistently with all of the following:(1) Protecting water rights consistent with Section 2 of Article X of the California Constitution.(2) Conducting a comprehensive adjudication in a manner that promotes efficiency, reduces unnecessary delays, and provides due process.(3) Encouraging the compromise and settlement of comprehensive adjudications.(4) Conducting a comprehensive adjudication in a manner that is consistent with the achievement of groundwater sustainability within the timeframes of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.(5) Establishing procedures by which courts may conduct comprehensive determinations of all rights and priorities to groundwater in a basin.(6) Providing for the conduct of a comprehensive adjudication consistent with Winters v. United States (1908) 207 U.S. 564, the McCarran Amendment (codified at 43 U.S.C. Sec. 666), and any other federal laws regarding the determination of federal or tribal water rights, as applicable.(7) Providing notice and due process sufficient to enable a court in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter to determine and establish the priority for unexercised water rights. The court may consider applying the principles established in In re Waters of Long Valley Creek Stream System (1979) 25 Cal.3d 339. Except as provided in this paragraph, this chapter shall not alter groundwater rights or the law concerning groundwater rights.(c) The other provisions of this code apply to procedures in a comprehensive adjudication to the extent they do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 672, Sec. 1. (AB 1390) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 831 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 7 - Actions Relating to Groundwater Rights|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 831.

831.  Article 6 (commencing with Section 68630) of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Government Code applies to a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 672, Sec. 1. (AB 1390) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 832 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS|TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES|CHAPTER 7 - Actions Relating to Groundwater Rights|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 832.

832.  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) “Basin” has the same meaning as defined in Section 10721 of the Water Code.(b) “Complaint” means a complaint filed in superior court to determine rights to extract groundwater and includes any cross-complaint that initiates a comprehensive adjudication in response to a plaintiff’s complaint or other cross-complaint.(c) “Comprehensive adjudication” means an action filed in superior court to comprehensively determine rights to extract groundwater in a basin.(d) “Condition of long-term overdraft” means the condition of a groundwater basin where the average annual amount of water extracted for a long-term period, generally 10 years or more, exceeds the long-term average annual supply of water to the basin, plus any temporary surplus. Overdraft during a period of drought is not sufficient to establish a condition of long-term overdraft if extractions and recharge are managed as necessary to ensure that reductions in groundwater levels or storage during a period of drought are offset by increases in groundwater levels or storage during other periods.(e) “Department” means the Department of Water Resources.(f) “Expert witness” means a witness qualified pursuant to Section 720 of the Evidence Code.(g) “Groundwater” means water beneath the surface of the earth within the zone below the water table in which the soil is completely saturated with water, but does not include water that flows in known and definite channels.(h) “Groundwater extraction facility” means a device or method for extracting groundwater in a basin.(i) “Groundwater recharge” means the augmentation of groundwater, by natural or artificial means.(j) “Person” includes, but is not limited to, counties, local agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, tribes, business entities, and individuals.(k) “Plaintiff” means the person filing the complaint initiating a comprehensive adjudication and includes a cross-complainant who initiates a comprehensive adjudication by cross-complaint.(l) “Public water system” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code.(m) “State small water system” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code.(n) “Sustainable Groundwater Management Act” means Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6 of the Water Code.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 26. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)