DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 1. PROPERTY IN GENERAL 654-749›TITLE 1. NATURE OF PROPERTY 654-663

§ 655

California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

There may be ownership of all inanimate things which are capable of appropriation or of manual delivery; of all domestic animals; of all obligations; of such products of labor or skill as the composition of an author, the good will of a business, trade marks and signs, and of rights created or granted by statute.

(Enacted 1872.)

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