{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"318","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 318","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 2. OF THE TIME OF COMMENCING CIVIL ACTIONS [312. - 366.3.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. The Time of Commencing Actions for the Recovery of Real Property [315. - 330.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-2/chapter-2"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>No action for the recovery of real property, or for the recovery of the possession thereof, can be maintained, unless it appear that the plaintiff, his ancestor, predecessor, or grantor, was seized or possessed of the property in question, within five years before the commencement of the action.</p>","text":"No action for the recovery of real property, or for the recovery of the possession thereof, can be maintained, unless it appear that the plaintiff, his ancestor, predecessor, or grantor, was seized or possessed of the property in question, within five years before the commencement of the action.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/the-time-of-commencing-actions-for-the-recovery-of-real-318","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}