BlackletterCalifornia law

Civil Code § 654

TITLE 1. NATURE OF PROPERTY

Current as of September 28, 2026Civ. Code, § 654Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

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.