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DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 2. REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY 755.-945.5›TITLE 3. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF OWNERS 818-855›CHAPTER 2. Obligations of Owners 840-848

§ 841.4

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

Any fence or other structure in the nature of a fence unnecessarily exceeding 10 feet in height maliciously erected or maintained for the purpose of annoying the owner or occupant of adjoining property is a private nuisance. Any owner or occupant of adjoining property injured either in his comfort or the enjoyment of his estate by such nuisance may enforce the remedies against its continuance prescribed in Title 3, Part 3, Division 4 of this code.

(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 37.)

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