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CA Civ Code § 2344 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 9 - AGENCY|CHAPTER 1 - Agency in General|ARTICLE 4 - Obligations of Agents to Third Persons|Section 2344.

2344.  If an agent receives anything for the benefit of his principal, to the possession of which another person is entitled, he must, on demand, surrender it to such person, or so much of it as he has under his control at the time of demand, on being indemnified for any advance which he has made to his principal, in good faith, on account of the same; and is responsible therefor, if, after notice from the owner, he delivers it to his principal.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2345 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 9 - AGENCY|CHAPTER 1 - Agency in General|ARTICLE 4 - Obligations of Agents to Third Persons|Section 2345.

2345.  The provisions of this Article are subject to the provisions of Part I, Division First, of this Code.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2349 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 9 - AGENCY|CHAPTER 1 - Agency in General|ARTICLE 5 - Delegation of Agency|Section 2349.

2349.  An agent, unless specially forbidden by his principal to do so, can delegate his powers to another person in any of the following cases, and in no others:1. When the act to be done is purely mechanical;2. When it is such as the agent cannot himself, and the sub-agent can lawfully perform;3. When it is the usage of the place to delegate such powers; or,4. When such delegation is specially authorized by the principal.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2350 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 9 - AGENCY|CHAPTER 1 - Agency in General|ARTICLE 5 - Delegation of Agency|Section 2350.

2350.  If an agent employs a sub-agent without authority, the former is a principal and the latter his agent, and the principal of the former has no connection with the latter.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2351 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 9 - AGENCY|CHAPTER 1 - Agency in General|ARTICLE 5 - Delegation of Agency|Section 2351.

2351.  A sub-agent, lawfully appointed, represents the principal in like manner with the original agent; and the original agent is not responsible to third persons for the acts of the sub-agent.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2355 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 9 - AGENCY|CHAPTER 1 - Agency in General|ARTICLE 6 - Termination of Agency|Section 2355.

2355.  An agency is terminated, as to every person having notice thereof, by any of the following:(a) The expiration of its term.(b) The extinction of its subject.(c) The death of the agent.(d) The agent’s renunciation of the agency.(e) The incapacity of the agent to act as such.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 307, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Civ Code § 2356 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 9 - AGENCY|CHAPTER 1 - Agency in General|ARTICLE 6 - Termination of Agency|Section 2356.

2356.  (a) Unless the power of an agent is coupled with an interest in the subject of the agency, it is terminated by any of the following:(1) Its revocation by the principal.(2) The death of the principal.(3) The incapacity of the principal to contract.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any bona fide transaction entered into with an agent by any person acting without actual knowledge of the revocation, death, or incapacity shall be binding upon the principal, his or her heirs, devisees, legatees, and other successors in interest.(c) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of Section 1216.(d) With respect to a proxy given by a person to another person relating to the exercise of voting rights, to the extent the provisions of this section conflict with or contravene any other provisions of the statutes of California pertaining to the proxy, the latter provisions shall prevail.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 307, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Civ Code § 2357 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 9 - AGENCY|CHAPTER 1 - Agency in General|ARTICLE 6 - Termination of Agency|Section 2357.

2357.  For the purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 2356, in the case of a principal who is an absentee as defined in Section 1403 of the Probate Code, a person shall be deemed to be without actual knowledge of:(a) The principal’s death or incapacity while the absentee continues in missing status and until the person receives notice of the determination of the death of the absentee by the secretary concerned or the head of the department or agency concerned or the delegate of the secretary or head.(b) Revocation by the principal during the period described in subdivision (a).(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 307, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Civ Code § 2362 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 9 - AGENCY|CHAPTER 2 - Particular Agencies|ARTICLE 1 - Auctioneers|Section 2362.

2362.  An auctioneer, in the absence of special authorization or usage to the contrary, has authority from the seller, only as follows:1. To sell by public auction to the highest bidder;2. To sell for cash only, except such articles as are usually sold on credit at auction;3. To warrant, in like manner with other agents to sell, according to Section 2323;4. To prescribe reasonable rules and terms of sale;5. To deliver the thing sold, upon payment of the price;6. To collect the price; and,7. To do whatever else is necessary, or proper and usual, in the ordinary course of business, for effecting these purposes.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2363 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 9 - AGENCY|CHAPTER 2 - Particular Agencies|ARTICLE 1 - Auctioneers|Section 2363.

2363.  An auctioneer has authority from a bidder at the auction, as well as from the seller, to bind both by a memorandum of the contract, as prescribed in the Title on Sale.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2367 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 9 - AGENCY|CHAPTER 2 - Particular Agencies|ARTICLE 2 - Factors|Section 2367.

2367.  A factor is an agent, as defined by Section 2026.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2368 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 9 - AGENCY|CHAPTER 2 - Particular Agencies|ARTICLE 2 - Factors|Section 2368.

2368.  In addition to the authority of agents in general, a factor has actual authority from his principal, unless specially restricted:1. To insure property consigned to him uninsured;2. To sell, on credit, anything intrusted to him for sale, except such things as it is contrary to usage to sell on credit; but not to pledge, mortgage, or barter the same; and,3. To delegate his authority to his partner or servant, but not to any person in an independent employment.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2369 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 9 - AGENCY|CHAPTER 2 - Particular Agencies|ARTICLE 2 - Factors|Section 2369.

2369.  A factor has ostensible authority to deal with the property of his principal as his own, in transactions with persons not having notice of the actual ownership.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2400 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 9 - AGENCY|CHAPTER 2 - Particular Agencies|ARTICLE 3 - Powers of Attorney Under Probate Code|Section 2400.

2400.  Powers of attorney are governed by the Power of Attorney Law (Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4000) of the Probate Code) to the extent provided in that law.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 307, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Civ Code § 2872 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 1 - Definition of Liens|Section 2872.

2872.  A lien is a charge imposed in some mode other than by a transfer in trust upon specific property by which it is made security for the performance of an act.(Amended by Code Amendments 1877-78, Ch. 74.)
CA Civ Code § 2873 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 1 - Definition of Liens|Section 2873.

2873.  Liens are either general or special.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2874 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 1 - Definition of Liens|Section 2874.

2874.  A general lien is one which the holder thereof is entitled to enforce as a security for the performance of all the obligations, or all of a particular class of obligations, which exist in his favor against the owner of the property.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2875 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 1 - Definition of Liens|Section 2875.

2875.  A special lien is one which the holder thereof can enforce only as security for the performance of a particular act or obligation, and of such obligations as may be incidental thereto.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2876 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 1 - Definition of Liens|Section 2876.

2876.  Where the holder of a special lien is compelled to satisfy a prior lien for his own protection, he may enforce payment of the amount so paid by him, as a part of the claim for which his own lien exists.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2877 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 1 - Definition of Liens|Section 2877.

2877.  Contracts of mortgage, pledge, bottomry, or respondentia are subject to all of the provisions of this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 13. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Civ Code § 2881 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 2 - Creation of Liens|Section 2881.

2881.  A lien is created:1. By contract of the parties; or,2. By operation of law.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2882 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 2 - Creation of Liens|Section 2882.

2882.  No lien arises by mere operation of law until the time at which the act to be secured thereby ought to be performed.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2883 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 2 - Creation of Liens|Section 2883.

2883.  (a) An agreement may be made to create a lien upon property not yet acquired by the party agreeing to give the lien, or not yet in existence. In that case the lien agreed for attaches from the time when the party agreeing to give it acquires an interest in the thing, to the extent of such interest.(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), an agreement by a beneficiary of an estate that is subject to administration, as provided in Division 7 (commencing with Section 7000) of the Probate Code, to create a lien upon real property in the estate that is undistributed at the time the agreement is entered into, shall create no lien upon the real property unless and until the real property is distributed to that beneficiary. Upon recordation of an order confirming the sale of the real property pursuant to Section 10313 of the Probate Code and the recording of a duly executed deed in accordance therewith, any expectancy of a lien in the real property under the agreement shall be extinguished.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 527, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Civ Code § 2884 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 2 - Creation of Liens|Section 2884.

2884.  A lien may be created by contract, to take immediate effect, as security for the performance of obligations not then in existence.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2885 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 2 - Creation of Liens|Section 2885.

2885.  Any state agency, upon recording a state tax lien against real property, shall mail written notice of the recordation to the tax debtor, unless previous correspondence mailed to the address of record was returned undelivered with no forwarding address. Failure to notify the tax debtor shall not affect the constructive notice otherwise imparted by recordation, nor shall it affect the force, effect, or priority otherwise accorded such tax lien.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 643, Sec. 1. Effective September 1, 1983.)
CA Civ Code § 2888 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 3 - Effect of Liens|Section 2888.

2888.  Notwithstanding an agreement to the contrary, a lien, or a contract for a lien, transfers no title to the property subject to the lien.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2889 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 3 - Effect of Liens|Section 2889.

2889.  All contracts for the forfeiture of property subject to a lien, in satisfaction of the obligation secured thereby, and all contracts in restraint of the right of redemption from a lien, are void.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2890 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 3 - Effect of Liens|Section 2890.

2890.  The creation of a lien does not of itself imply that any person is bound to perform the act for which the lien is a security.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2891 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 3 - Effect of Liens|Section 2891.

2891.  The existence of a lien upon property does not of itself entitle the person in whose favor it exists to a lien upon the same property for the performance of any other obligation than that which the lien originally secured.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2892 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 3 - Effect of Liens|Section 2892.

2892.  One who holds property by virtue of a lien thereon, is not entitled to compensation from the owner thereof for any trouble or expense which he incurs respecting it, except to the same extent as a borrower, under Sections 1892 and 1893.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2897 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 4 - Priority of Liens|Section 2897.

2897.  Other things being equal, different liens upon the same property have priority according to the time of their creation, except in cases of bottomry and respondentia.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2898 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 4 - Priority of Liens|Section 2898.

2898.  (a) A mortgage or deed of trust given for the price of real property, at the time of its conveyance, has priority over all other liens created against the purchaser, subject to the operation of the recording laws.(b) The priority of the lien of a mortgage or deed of trust on an estate for years in real property shall be determined in the same manner as for determining the priority of a lien of a mortgage or deed of trust on real property.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 698, Sec. 3.)
CA Civ Code § 2899 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 4 - Priority of Liens|Section 2899.

2899.  Where one has a lien upon several things, and other persons have subordinate liens upon, or interests in, some but not all of the same things, the person having the prior lien, if he can do so without risk of loss to himself, or of injustice to other persons, must resort to the property in the following order, on the demand of any party interested:1. To the things upon which he has an exclusive lien;2. To the things which are subject to the fewest subordinate liens;3. In like manner inversely to the number of subordinate liens upon the same thing; and,4. When several things are within one of the foregoing classes, and subject to the same number of liens, resort must be had—(1.) To the things which have not been transferred since the prior lien was created;(2.) To the things which have been so transferred without a valuable consideration; and,(3.) To the things which have been so transferred for a valuable consideration in the inverse order of the transfer.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2903 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 5 - Redemption From Lien|Section 2903.

2903.  Every person, having an interest in property subject to a lien, has a right to redeem it from the lien, at any time after the claim is due, and before his right of redemption is foreclosed, and, by such redemption, becomes subrogated to all the benefits of the lien, as against all owners of other interests in the property, except in so far as he was bound to make such redemption for their benefit.(Amended by Stats. 1905, Ch. 459.)
CA Civ Code § 2904 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 5 - Redemption From Lien|Section 2904.

2904.  One who has a lien inferior to another, upon the same property, has a right:1. To redeem the property in the same manner as its owner might, from the superior lien; and,2. To be subrogated to all the benefits of the superior lien, when necessary for the protection of his interests, upon satisfying the claim secured thereby. (Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2905 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 5 - Redemption From Lien|Section 2905.

2905.  Redemption from a lien is made by performing, or offering to perform, the act for the performance of which it is a security, and paying, or offering to pay, the damages, if any, to which the holder of the lien is entitled for delay.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2906 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 5 - Redemption From Lien|Section 2906.

2906.  An option granted to a secured party by a debtor to acquire an interest in real property collateral takes priority as of its recording and is effective according to its terms if the right to exercise the option is not dependent upon the occurrence of a default with respect to the security agreement and, where the real property which is the subject of the option is other than residential real property containing four or fewer units, shall not be deemed invalid or ineffective on the basis that the secured party has impaired the debtor’s equity of redemption in violation of common law or Section 2889. This section shall not be construed to make valid or effective an otherwise unlawful option nor shall any inference be drawn from this section as to the validity or application of common law with respect to residential real property containing four or fewer units.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 565, Sec. 1.)
CA Civ Code § 2909 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 6 - Extinction of Liens|Section 2909.

2909.  A lien is to be deemed accessory to the act for the performance of which it is a security, whether any person is bound for such performance or not, and is extinguishable in like manner with any other accessory obligation.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2910 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 6 - Extinction of Liens|Section 2910.

2910.  The sale of any property on which there is a lien, in satisfaction of the claim secured thereby, or in case of personal property, its wrongful conversion by the person holding the lien, extinguishes the lien thereon.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2911 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 14 - LIEN|CHAPTER 1 - Liens in General|ARTICLE 6 - Extinction of Liens|Section 2911.

2911.  A lien is extinguished by the lapse of time within which, under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, either:1. An action can be brought upon the principal obligation, or2. A treasurer, street superintendent or other public official may sell any real property to satisfy a public improvement assessment or any bond issued to represent such assessment and which assessment is secured by a lien upon said real property; whichever is later.Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, any lien heretofore existing or which may hereafter exist upon real property to secure the payment of a public improvement assessment shall be presumed to have been extinguished at the expiration of four years after the due date of such assessment or the last installment thereof, or four years after the date the lien attaches, or on January 1, 1947, whichever is later, or in the event bonds were or shall be issued to represent such assessment, the lien shall then be presumed to have been extinguished at the expiration of four years after the due date of said bonds or of the last installment thereof or of the last principal coupon attached thereto, or on January 1, 1947, whichever is later. The presumptions mentioned in this paragraph shall be conclusive in favor of a bona fide purchaser for value of said property after such dates.(Amended by Stats. 1945, Ch. 361.)