Cal. CIV § 1954.18
This is the official text of Cal. CIV § 1954.18, part of California’s Civil Code — covers contracts, property ownership, personal rights, and other general civil obligations between private parties.
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Official statutory text
1954.18.
If the program operator takes possession of the property, pursuant to this article, the program operator shall give the subject participant a reasonable opportunity to remove the participant’s property from his or her dwelling unit on the program site, and, thereafter, the program operator may consider the remaining subject participant’s property to be abandoned property pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1980).
If the program operator takes possession of the property, pursuant to this article, the program operator shall give the subject participant a reasonable opportunity to remove the participant’s property from his or her dwelling unit on the program site, and, thereafter, the program operator may consider the remaining subject participant’s property to be abandoned property pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1980).
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