Cal. CCP § 871.1
This is the official text of Cal. CCP § 871.1, part of California’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in California courts, including filing deadlines, discovery, and judgments.
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Official statutory text
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).
(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).
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