California CodesCivil Code - CIVDivision 2 — PropertyPart 2 — Real or Immovable Property [755 – 945.5]Title 2 — Estates in Real PropertyChapter 1 — Estates in GeneralSection 763

Estates tail are abolished, and every estate which would be at common law adjudged to be a fee tail is a fee simple; and if no valid remainder is limited thereon, is a fee simple absolute.

Notes

Abolishes estates tail and converts every estate that common law would treat as a fee tail into a fee simple. Makes that estate a fee simple absolute where no valid remainder is limited on it, leaving a valid remainder as the only qualification.

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