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 326
When the relation of landlord and tenant has existed between any persons, the possession of the tenant is deemed the possession of the landlord until the expiration of five years from the termination of the tenancy, or, where there has been no written lease, until the expiration of five years from the time of the last payment of rent, notwithstanding that such tenant may have acquired another title, or may have claimed to hold adversely to his landlord. But such presumptions cannot be made after the periods herein limited.
Notes
Sets a presumption that a tenant’s possession remains the landlord’s possession for five years after the tenancy ends, or, without a written lease, for five years after the last rent payment, despite a different title or adverse claim by the tenant. Bars applying that presumption after the stated five-year period expires.
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