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 1. Interests in Property [678 - 703]
( Article 1 enacted 1872. ) 679.
The ownership of property is absolute when a single person has the absolute dominion over it, and may use it or dispose of it according to his pleasure, subject only to general laws.
(Enacted 1872.)