California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 1160

CCP § 1160 Effective Jan 1, 2019Title 3 · Part 3 · Ch. 4

Statute text

(a)Every person is guilty of a forcible detainer who either:

(1)By force, or by menaces and threats of violence, unlawfully holds and keeps the possession of any real property, whether the same was acquired peaceably or otherwise.

(2)Who, in the night-time, or during the absence of the occupant of any lands, unlawfully enters upon real property, and who, after demand made for the surrender thereof, for the period of five days, refuses to surrender the same to such former occupant.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 43. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.