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PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.34›TITLE 2. OF THE TIME OF COMMENCING CIVIL ACTIONS 312-366.3›CHAPTER 2. The Time of Commencing Actions for the Recovery of Real Property 315-330

§ 318

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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.

(Enacted 1872.)

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