DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 2. REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY [[755.] - 945.5.]›TITLE 3. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF OWNERS 818-855›CHAPTER 1. Rights of Owners 818-834›ARTICLE 1. Incidents of Ownership 818-827

§ 818

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

The owner of a life estate may use the land in the same manner as the owner of a fee simple, except that he must do no act to the injury of the inheritance.

(Enacted 1872.)

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