DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 2. REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY 755.-945.5›TITLE 2. ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY 761-817.4›CHAPTER 3. Servitudes 801-813

§ 803

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

The land to which an easement is attached is called the dominant tenement; the land upon which a burden or servitude is laid is called the servient tenement.

(Enacted 1872.)

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