DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 2. REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY [[755.] - 945.5.]›TITLE 2. ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY 761-817.4›CHAPTER 4. Conservation Easements 815-816

§ 815

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

The Legislature finds and declares that the preservation of land in its natural, scenic, agricultural, historical, forested, or open-space condition is among the most important environmental assets of California. The Legislature further finds and declares it to be the public policy and in the public interest of this state to encourage the voluntary conveyance of conservation easements to qualified nonprofit organizations.

(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 179.)

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