---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil actions: adverse possession."
description: "Existing law requires that a person claiming title in an action for adverse possession show that the land has been occupied and claimed for the period of 5 years continuously, and the party or person, their predecessors and grantors have paid all taxes, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1684"
citation: "California AB 1684 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil actions: adverse possession."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2010-01-26"
last_action: "2010-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f49376a0-e9a7-4e6d-b608-3ef931ab51d0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1684"
source_hash: "ec4cbba934bd94b115e1e6d4df16430e543253b647786e5d1e79fba142affa7d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1684 (20092010) — Civil actions: adverse possession.

Existing law requires that a person claiming title in an action for adverse possession show that the land has been occupied and claimed for the period of 5 years continuously, and the party or person, their predecessors and grantors have paid all taxes, as provided.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/26/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1684&version=20090AB168499INT)
2. **03/11/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1684&version=20090AB168498AMD)
3. **07/09/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1684&version=20090AB168496CHP)
4. **AB1684** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1684)
5. **06/25/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1684&version=20090AB168497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1684 Jeffries — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1684 JEFFRIES Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeffries — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2010-01-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-01-27** From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
- **2010-02-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-03-04** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-03-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-03-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4363.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4056.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-06-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2010-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 55, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f49376a0-e9a7-4e6d-b608-3ef931ab51d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).