{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-840","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 840","heading":"","body":"The owner of a life estate must keep the buildings and fences in repair from ordinary waste, and must pay the taxes and other annual charges, and a just proportion of extraordinary assessments benefiting the whole inheritance.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","PART 2. REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY [[755.] - 945.5.]","TITLE 3. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF OWNERS [818. - 855.]","CHAPTER 2. Obligations of Owners [840. - 848.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"4c1af258cfd727b80fcfe2b625b5bed92c538f945e9966e730f1a5a6c6ea66fd","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-835","next":"us-ca/civ-841"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}