{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"686","citation":"Civ. Code, § 686","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 2. OWNERSHIP [669. - 742.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Modifications of Ownership [678. - 726.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1/title-2/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Interests in Property [678. - 703.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1/title-2/chapter-2/article-1"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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 purposes, or unless declared in its creation to be a joint interest, as provided in Section <a href=\"/civ/683\">683</a>, or unless acquired as community property.</p>","text":"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 purposes, or unless declared in its creation to be a joint interest, as provided in Section 683, or unless acquired as community property.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/interests-in-property-686","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}