2011 California Code
Civil Code
DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654 - 1422]
CHAPTER 2. Obligations of Owners
Section 840


CA Civ Code § 840 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?

The owner of a life estate must keep the buildings and fences in repair from ordinary waste, and must pay the taxes and other annual charges, and a just proportion of extraordinary assessments benefiting the whole inheritance.

(Enacted 1872.)

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