California Code of Civil Procedure 872.540 – Where property is subject to a lease, community lease, unit …
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Where property is subject to a lease, community lease, unit agreement, or other pooling arrangement with respect to oil or gas or both, the plaintiff need not join as defendants persons whose only interest in the property is that of a lessee, royalty-owner, lessor-owner of other real property in the community, unit, or pooled area, or working interest owner, or persons claiming under them, and the judgment shall not affect the interests of such persons not joined as defendants.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 73.)
Terms Used In California Code of Civil Procedure 872.540
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Property: includes real and personal property. See California Code of Civil Procedure 872.010
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.