DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 2. REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY [[755.] - 945.5.]›TITLE 2. ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY 761-817.4›CHAPTER 1. Estates in General 761-784

§ [762.]

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

Section Seven Hundred and Sixty-two. Every estate of inheritance is a fee, and every such estate, when not defeasible or conditional, is a fee simple or an absolute fee.

(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)

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