{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"773","citation":"Civ. Code, § 773","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 2. REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY [[755.] - 945.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 2. ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY [761. - 817.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-2/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Estates in General [761. - 784.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-2/title-2/chapter-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 156, Sec. 14.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Subject to the rules of this title, and of Part 1 of this division, a freehold estate, as well as a chattel real, may be created to commence at a future day; an estate for life may be created in a term of years, and a remainder limited thereon; a remainder of a freehold or chattel real, either contingent or vested, may be created, expectant on the determination of a term of years; and a fee may be limited on a fee, upon a contingency, which, if it should occur, must happen within the period prescribed by the statutory rule against perpetuities in Article 2 (commencing with Section 21205) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 11 of the Probate Code.</p>","text":"Subject to the rules of this title, and of Part 1 of this division, a freehold estate, as well as a chattel real, may be created to commence at a future day; an estate for life may be created in a term of years, and a remainder limited thereon; a remainder of a freehold or chattel real, either contingent or vested, may be created, expectant on the determination of a term of years; and a fee may be limited on a fee, upon a contingency, which, if it should occur, must happen within the period prescribed by the statutory rule against perpetuities in Article 2 (commencing with Section 21205) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 11 of the Probate Code.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/estates-in-general-773","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}