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PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.34›TITLE 10. ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES 725a-871.30›CHAPTER 10. Good Faith Improver of Property Owned by Another 871.1-871.7

§ 871.1

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

as used in this chapter, “good faith improver” means:

(a) A person who makes an improvement to land in good faith and under the erroneous belief, because of a mistake of law or fact, that he is the owner of the land.

(b) A successor in interest of a person described in subdivision (a).

(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 150.)

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