California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 2 — Property, Part 2 — Real or Immovable Property, Title 3 — Rights and Obligations of Owners, Chapter 1 — Rights of Owners, Article 1 — Incidents of Ownership, Section 821

A person to whom any real property is transferred or devised, upon which rent has been reserved, or to whom any such rent is transferred, is entitled to the same remedies for recovery of rent, for non-performance of any of the terms of the lease, or for any waste or cause of forfeiture, as his grantor or devisor might have had.

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Extends to a transferee or devisee of rent-reserved real property, or a transferee of the rent itself, the same remedies the grantor or devisor had for recovering rent, enforcing lease terms, addressing waste, or pursuing a cause of forfeiture. The successor may use those remedies after the transfer or devise.

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