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  2. Harada House - Wikipedia

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    The house was the focus of a critical application of the California Alien Land Law of 1913, which prevented foreigners who were ineligible for citizenship from owning property. The state of California attempted to seize the property from the family in California v. Harada, but the Haradas ultimately won the case and retained ownership of the house.

  3. 1978 California Proposition 13 - Wikipedia

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    Proposition 13 (officially named the People's Initiative to Limit Property Taxation) is an amendment of the Constitution of California enacted during 1978, by means of the initiative process, to cap property taxes and limit property reassessments to when the property changes ownership, and to require a 2/3 majority for tax increases in the ...

  4. Land patent - Wikipedia

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    A land patent is a form of letters patent assigning official ownership of a particular tract of land that has gone through various legally-prescribed processes like surveying and documentation, followed by the letter's signing, sealing, and publishing in public records, made by a sovereign entity.

  5. California enacts law reviving a Jewish family's claim to ...

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    California lawmakers have bucked one of the nation's most powerful federal courts by enacting a new state law designed to reunite a Jewish family with an exquisite Impressionist painting that was ...

  6. Adverse possession - Wikipedia

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    In general, a property owner has the right to recover possession of their property from unauthorised possessors through legal action such as ejectment.However, many legal systems courts recognize that once someone has occupied property without permission for a significant period of time without the property owner exercising their right to recover their property, not only is the original owner ...

  7. Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property - Wikipedia

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    The general rule attaching to the three types of property may be summarized as: A finder of property acquires no rights in mislaid property, is entitled to possession of lost property against everyone except the true owner, and is entitled to keep abandoned property. [1] This rule varies by jurisdiction. [2]

  8. Ellis Act - Wikipedia

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    The Ellis Act (California Government Code Chapter 12.75) [1] is a 1985 California state law that allows landlords to evict residential tenants to "go out of the rental business" in spite of desires by local governments to compel them to continue providing rental housing.

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