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2025 California Code
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS
TITLE 2 - OF THE TIME OF COMMENCING CIVIL ACTIONS
CHAPTER 2 - The Time of Commencing Actions for the Recovery of Real Property
Section 318.
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CA Civ Pro Code § 318 (2025)
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318. No action for the recovery of real property, or for the recovery of the possession thereof, can be maintained, unless it appear that the plaintiff, his ancestor, predecessor, or grantor, was seized or possessed of the property in question, within five years before the commencement of the action.
(Enacted 1872.)
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