Cal. Codes » Civil Code / DIVISION 2. PROPERTY / PART 2. REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY [[755.] - 945.5.] / TITLE 2. ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY / CHAPTER 4. Conservation Easements
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Cal. Civil Code § 815.2 (2026)

Conservation Easements

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(a)A conservation easement is an interest in real property voluntarily created and freely transferable in whole or in part for the purposes stated in Section 815.1 by any lawful method for the transfer of interests in real property in this state.

(b)A conservation easement shall be perpetual in duration.

(c)A conservation easement shall not be deemed personal in nature and shall constitute an interest in real property notwithstanding the fact that it may be negative in character.

(d)The particular characteristics of a conservation easement shall be those granted or specified in the instrument creating or transferring the easement.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2020–2024 · leading case: Sonoma Land Trust v. Thompson, No. A157721 (Cal. Ct. App. Dec. 16, 2020).
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Sonoma Land Trust v. Thompson, No. A157721 (Cal. Ct. App. Dec. 16, 2020). “(Civ. Code, § 815.2, subds. (b), (c).) The Legislature has “declare[d] it to be the public policy and in the public interest of this state to encourage the voluntary conveyance of conservation easements to qualified nonprofit organizations” such as the Trust.”
V Lions Farming, LLC v. Cnty. of Kern, 100 Cal. App. 5th 412 (Cal. Ct. App. 2024). “(Civ. Code, § 815.2, subds. (b), (c), (d).”
Tesoro Refining & Mktg. Co. v. Rickley, No. B317441 (Cal. Ct. App. Mar. 25, 2024). “401 (1982); Civ. Code, § 815.2, subd. (b) [“A conservation easement shall be perpetual in duration”].”
Samuel Bonner v. City of Long Beach, No. 2:22-cv-02819 (C.D. Cal. Feb. 27, 2023). “Among other allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, Bonner alleges that the prosecutor knowingly presented perjured testimony of Long Beach Police Department detectives William Collette and John Henry Miller and 1 Plaintiff additionally brought claims for violations of…”
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