California · Civil Code
CIV §1013.5: (a) When any person, acting in good faith and, erroneously believing because of a mistake either of law or fact that he has a right to do so, affixes improvements to the land of another, such person,
What this law says, in plain English
When someone in good faith mistakenly believes they have the right to add improvements to another person's land, they may have civil liability for those actions.
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