DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 1. PROPERTY IN GENERAL 654-749›TITLE 2. OWNERSHIP 669-742›CHAPTER 2. Modifications of Ownership 678-726›ARTICLE 1. Interests in Property 678-703

§ 696

California Civil Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Two or more future interests may be created to take effect in the alternative, so that if the first in order fails to vest, the next in succession shall be substituted for it, and take effect accordingly.

(Enacted 1872.)

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