{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"654","citation":"Civ. Code, § 654","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. PROPERTY IN GENERAL [654. - 749.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 1. NATURE OF PROPERTY [654. - 663.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1/title-1"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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 Code, the thing of which there may be ownership is called property.</p>","text":"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 Code, the thing of which there may be ownership is called property.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/nature-of-property-654","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}