California CodesCode of Civil Procedure - CCPPart 2 — Of Civil ActionsTitle 2 — Of the Time of Commencing Civil ActionsChapter 2 — The Time of Commencing Actions for the Recovery of Real PropertySection 319
No cause of action, or defense to an action, arising out of the title to real property, or to rents or profits out of the same, can be effectual, unless it appear that the person prosecuting the action, or making the defense, or under whose title the action is prosecuted, or the defense is made, or the ancestor, predecessor, or grantor of such person was seized or possessed of the premises in question within five years before the commencement of the Act in respect to which such action is prosecuted or defense made.
Notes
Bars a cause of action or defense arising from title to real property, or its rents or profits, unless the person asserting it, the person under whose title it is asserted, or that person’s ancestor, predecessor, or grantor was seized or possessed of the premises within five years before commencement of the relevant act.
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