Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654 - 1422]
( Heading of Division 2 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 13. ) PART 1. PROPERTY IN GENERAL [654 - 749]
( Part 1 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 2. OWNERSHIP [669 - 742]
( Title 2 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 2. Modifications of Ownership [678 - 726]
( Chapter 2 enacted 1872. ) ARTICLE 3. Duration of Leases [715 - 719]
( Heading of Article 3 amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 156, Sec. 1. ) 718f.
A lease of land for the purpose of effecting the production of minerals, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances from other lands may be made for a period certain or determinable by any future event prescribed by the parties but no such lease shall be enforceable after 99 years from the commencement of the term thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1344.)