Civil Code section 801

The following land burdens, or servitudes upon land, may be attached to other land as incidents or appurtenances, and are then called easements:
1.The right of pasture;
2.The right of fishing;
3.The right of taking game;
4.The right-of-way;
5.The right of taking water, wood, minerals, and other things;
6.The right of transacting business upon land;
7.The right of conducting lawful sports upon land;
8.The right of receiving air, light, or heat from or over, or discharging the same upon or over land;
9.The right of receiving water from or discharging the same upon land;
10.The right of flooding land;
11.The right of having water flow without diminution or disturbance of any kind;
12.The right of using a wall as a party wall;
13.The right of receiving more than natural support from adjacent land or things affixed thereto;
14.The right of having the whole of a division fence maintained by a coterminous owner;
15.The right of having public conveyances stopped, or of stopping the same on land;
16.The right of a seat in church;
17.The right of burial;
18.The right of receiving sunlight upon or over land as specified in Section 801.5.

Source: Section 801, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=801.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1978; accessed Dec. 29, 2025).

Green check means up to date. Up to date

Verified:
Dec. 29, 2025

§ 801's source at ca​.gov