Cal. Codes » Code of Civil Procedure / PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS / TITLE 10. ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES / CHAPTER 10. Good Faith Improver of Property Owned by Another
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Cal. Code of Civil Procedure § 871.1 (2026)

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as used in this chapter, “good faith improver” means:

(a)A person who makes an improvement to land in good faith and under the erroneous belief, because of a mistake of law or fact, that he is the owner of the land.

(b)A successor in interest of a person described in subdivision (a).