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

§ 763

California Civil Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

Estates tail are abolished, and every estate which would be at common law adjudged to be a fee tail is a fee simple; and if no valid remainder is limited thereon, is a fee simple absolute.

(Enacted 1872.)

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