Civil Code section 718f

A lease of land for the purpose of effecting the production of minerals, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances from other lands may be made for a period certain or determinable by any future event prescribed by the parties but no such lease shall be enforceable after 99 years from the commencement of the term thereof.

Source: Section 718f, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=718f. (updated Jan. 1, 1953; accessed Sep. 8, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/civil_code_section_718f

Original Source: Section 718f, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=718f. (last accessed May 12, 2025).