§ 654

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

The ownership of a thing is the right of one or more persons to possess and use it to the exclusion of others. In this Code, the thing of which there may be ownership is called property.

(Enacted 1872.)

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