California CodesCode of Civil Procedure - CCPPart 2 — Of Civil ActionsTitle 2 — Of the Time of Commencing Civil ActionsChapter 3 — The Time of Commencing Actions Other Than for the Recovery of Real PropertySection 339.5

Where a lease of real property is not in writing, no action shall be brought under Section 1951.2 of the Civil Code more than two years after the breach of the lease and abandonment of the property, or more than two years after the termination of the right of the lessee to possession of the property, whichever is the earlier time.

Notes

Bars an action under the referenced Civil Code lease-remedy provision involving an unwritten real-property lease more than two years after either the lease breach and abandonment of the property or termination of the lessee’s right to possession. The two-year period is measured from whichever of those two events occurs earlier.

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