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CA Civ Code § [1053.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 3 - Mode of Transfer|Section [1053.].

[1053.]   Section Ten Hundred and Fifty-three. A transfer in writing is called a grant, or conveyance, or bill of sale. The term “grant,” in this and the next two Articles, includes all these instruments, unless it is specially applied to real property.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 1054 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 3 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1054.

1054.  A grant takes effect, so as to vest the interest intended to be transferred, only upon its delivery by the grantor.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1055 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 3 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1055.

1055.  A grant duly executed is presumed to have been delivered at its date.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1056 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 3 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1056.

1056.  A grant cannot be delivered to the grantee conditionally. Delivery to him, or to his agent as such, is necessarily absolute, and the instrument takes effect thereupon, discharged of any condition on which the delivery was made.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1057 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 3 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1057.

1057.  A grant may be deposited by the grantor with a third person, to be delivered on performance of a condition, and, on delivery by the depositary, it will take effect. While in the possession of the third person, and subject to condition, it is called an escrow.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1057.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 3 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1057.5.

1057.5.  Except for the normal compensation of his own employees, no person acting as an escrow agent whether required to be licensed as such or not, shall pay over to any other person any commission, fee, or other consideration as compensation for referring, soliciting, handling, or servicing escrow customers or accounts.No escrow agent shall enter into any arrangement, either of his own making or of a subsidiary nature, or through any other person having a dual capacity, or through any person having a direct or indirect interest in the escrow, or other device, permitting any fee, commission, or compensation which is contingent upon the performance of any act, condition, or instruction set forth in an escrow, to be drawn or paid, either in whole or in part, or in kind or its equivalent, prior to the actual closing and completion of the escrow.The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to supersede, negate, or modify any of the provisions of Section 12404 of the Insurance Code.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 678.)
CA Civ Code § 1057.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 3 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1057.6.

1057.6.  In an escrow transaction for the purchase or simultaneous exchange of real property, where a policy of title insurance will not be issued to the buyer or to the parties to the exchange, the following notice shall be provided in a separate document to the buyer or parties exchanging real property, which shall be signed and acknowledged by them:“IMPORTANT: IN A PURCHASE OR EXCHANGE OF REAL PROPERTY, IT MAY BE ADVISABLE TO OBTAIN TITLE INSURANCE IN CONNECTION WITH THE CLOSE OF ESCROW SINCE THERE MAY BE PRIOR RECORDED LIENS AND ENCUMBRANCES WHICH AFFECT YOUR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY BEING ACQUIRED. A NEW POLICY OF TITLE INSURANCE SHOULD BE OBTAINED IN ORDER TO ENSURE YOUR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY THAT YOU ARE ACQUIRING.”(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 194, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Civ Code § 1057.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 3 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1057.7.

1057.7.  All written escrow instructions executed by a buyer or seller, whether prepared by a person subject to Division 6 (commencing with Section 17000) of the Financial Code, or by a person exempt from that division under Section 17006 of the Financial Code, shall contain a statement in not less than 10-point type which shall include the license name and the name of the department issuing the license or authority under which the person is operating. This section shall not apply to supplemental escrow instructions or modifications to escrow instructions.This section shall become operative on July 1, 1993.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 861, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993. Section operative July 1, 1993, by its own provisions.)
CA Civ Code § 1058 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 3 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1058.

1058.  Redelivering a grant of real property to the grantor, or canceling it, does not operate to retransfer the title.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1058.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 3 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1058.5.

1058.5.  (a) A notice of nonacceptance of a recorded deed executed by a holder of a security interest, which notice identifies the security interest, contains a legal description of the property, properly identifies the parties to the deed, the date of recordation of the deed, the county in which the project is located, and the county assessor’s parcel number of the real property referenced in the deed, may be recorded in the office of the county recorder where the real property is located.(b) Where a trustee’s deed is invalidated by a pending bankruptcy or otherwise, recordation of a notice of rescission of the trustee’s deed, which notice properly identifies the deed of trust, the identification numbers used by the recorder or the books and pages at which the trustee’s deed and deed of trust are recorded, the names of all trustors and beneficiaries, the location of the property subject to the deed of trust, and the reason for rescission, shall restore the condition of record title to the real property described in the trustee’s deed and the existence and priority of all lienholders to the status quo prior to the recordation of the trustee’s deed upon sale. Only the trustee or beneficiary who caused the trustee’s deed to be recorded, or his or her successor in interest, may record a notice of rescission.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 74, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Civ Code § 1059 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 3 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1059.

1059.  Though a grant be not actually delivered into the possession of the grantee, it is yet to be deemed constructively delivered in the following cases:1. Where the instrument is, by the agreement of the parties at the time of execution, understood to be delivered, and under such circumstances that the grantee is entitled to immediate delivery; or,2. Where it is delivered to a stranger for the benefit of the grantee, and his assent is shown, or may be presumed.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1066 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 4 - Interpretation of Grants|Section 1066.

1066.  Grants are to be interpreted in like manner with contracts in general, except so far as is otherwise provided in this Article.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1067 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 4 - Interpretation of Grants|Section 1067.

1067.  A clear and distinct limitation in a grant is not controlled by other words less clear and distinct.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1068 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 4 - Interpretation of Grants|Section 1068.

1068.  If the operative words of a grant are doubtful, recourse may be had to its recitals to assist the construction.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1069 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 4 - Interpretation of Grants|Section 1069.

1069.  A grant is to be interpreted in favor of the grantee, except that a reservation in any grant, and every grant by a public officer or body, as such, to a private party, is to be interpreted in favor of the grantor.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1070 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 4 - Interpretation of Grants|Section 1070.

1070.  If several parts of a grant are absolutely irreconcilable, the former part prevails.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1072 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 4 - Interpretation of Grants|Section 1072.

1072.  Words of inheritance or succession are not requisite to transfer a fee in real property.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1084 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 5 - Effect of Transfer|Section 1084.

1084.  The transfer of a thing transfers also all its incidents, unless expressly excepted; but the transfer of an incident to a thing does not transfer the thing itself.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1085 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 5 - Effect of Transfer|Section 1085.

1085.  A present interest, and the benefit of a condition or covenant respecting property, may be taken by any natural person under a grant, although not named a party thereto.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1086 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 6 - Agency Listings for the Transfer of Certain Property|Section 1086.

1086.  (a) For purposes of this article, the definitions contained in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10000) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code apply.(b) An “agent” is one authorized by law to act in that capacity for that type of property and is licensed as a real estate broker under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 10130) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code, or is a licensee, as defined in Section 18006 of the Health and Safety Code.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 907, Sec. 1. (AB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Civ Code § 1087 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 6 - Agency Listings for the Transfer of Certain Property|Section 1087.

1087.  A multiple listing service (MLS) is a facility of cooperation of agents and appraisers, operating through an intermediary that does not itself act as an agent or appraiser, through which agents establish express or implied contracts for compensation between agents that are MLS participants in accordance with its MLS rules with respect to listed properties in a listing agreement, or that may be used by agents and appraisers, pursuant to the rules of the service, to prepare market evaluations and appraisals of real property.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 907, Sec. 2. (AB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Civ Code § 1088 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 6 - Agency Listings for the Transfer of Certain Property|Section 1088.

1088.  (a) A listing may not be placed in a multiple listing service unless authorized or directed by the seller in the listing.(b) If an agent or appraiser places a listing or other information in the multiple listing service, that agent or appraiser shall be responsible for the truth of all representations and statements made by the agent or appraiser of which that agent or appraiser had knowledge or reasonably should have had knowledge to anyone injured by their falseness or inaccuracy.(c) A multiple listing service shall retain and make accessible on its computer system, if any, all listing and other information placed in the multiple listing service by an agent or appraiser for no less than three years from the date the listing was placed in the multiple listing service.(d) This section shall not alter the obligations of a licensed real estate broker to retain documents as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 10148 of the Business and Professions Code.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 310, Sec. 1. (AB 892) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Civ Code § 1089 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 6 - Agency Listings for the Transfer of Certain Property|Section 1089.

1089.  The provisions of subdivision (d) of Section 1102.1 shall apply to this article.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 907, Sec. 5. (AB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Civ Code § 1089.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 1 - Transfers in General|ARTICLE 6 - Agency Listings for the Transfer of Certain Property|Section 1089.5.

1089.5.  Subject to the limitations, conditions, and requirements of Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 10000) of Part 5 of Division 7 of the Probate Code, this article applies to property defined in Section 1086 that is covered by a contract described in Section 10150 of the Probate Code.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 113, Sec. 4. Effective May 25, 1988. Operative July 1, 1988, by Sec. 23 of Ch. 113.)
CA Civ Code § 1091 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 2 - Transfer of Real Property|ARTICLE 1 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1091.

1091.  An estate in real property, other than an estate at will or for a term not exceeding one year, can be transferred only by operation of law, or by an instrument in writing, subscribed by the party disposing of the same, or by his agent thereunto authorized by writing.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1092 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 2 - Transfer of Real Property|ARTICLE 1 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1092.

1092.  A grant of an estate in real property may be made in substance as follows:“I, A B, grant to C D all that real property situated in (insert name of county) County, State of California, bounded (or described) as follows: (here insert property description, or if the land sought to be conveyed has a descriptive name, it may be described by the name, as for instance, ‛The Norris Ranch.’)Witness my hand this (insert day) day of (insert month), 20___. _____ AB”(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 608, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Civ Code § 1093 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 2 - Transfer of Real Property|ARTICLE 1 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1093.

1093.  Absent the express written statement of the grantor contained therein, the consolidation of separate and distinct legal descriptions of real property contained in one or more deeds, mortgages, patents, deeds of trust, contracts of sale, or other instruments of conveyance or security documents, into a subsequent single deed, mortgage, patent, deed of trust, contract of sale, or other instrument of conveyance or security document (whether by means of an individual listing of the legal descriptions in a subsequent single instrument of conveyance or security document, or by means of a consolidated legal description comprised of more than one previously separate and distinct legal description), does not operate in any manner to alter or affect the separate and distinct nature of the real property so described in the subsequent single instrument of conveyance or security document containing either the listing of or the consolidated legal description of the parcels so conveyed or secured thereby.This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the existing law.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 911, Sec. 1.)
CA Civ Code § 1095 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 2 - Transfer of Real Property|ARTICLE 1 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1095.

1095.  When an attorney in fact executes an instrument transferring an estate in real property, he must subscribe the name of his principal to it, and his own name as attorney in fact.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1096 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 2 - Transfer of Real Property|ARTICLE 1 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1096.

1096.  Any person in whom the title of real estate is vested, who shall afterwards, from any cause, have his or her name changed, must, in any conveyance of said real estate so held, set forth the name in which he or she derived title to said real estate. Any conveyance, though recorded as provided by law, which does not comply with the foregoing provision shall not impart constructive notice of the contents thereof to subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers, but such conveyance is valid as between the parties thereto and those who have notice thereof.(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1314.)
CA Civ Code § 1097 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 2 - Transfer of Real Property|ARTICLE 1 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1097.

1097.  No vendor or lessor of a single family residential property shall contract for or exact any fee in excess of ten dollars ($10) for the act of signing and delivering a document in connection with the transfer, cancellation or reconveyance of any title or instrument at the time the buyer or lessee exercises an option to buy, or completes performance of the contract for the sale of, the property.The provisions of this section shall apply prospectively only.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 352.)
CA Civ Code § 1098.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 2 - Transfer of Real Property|ARTICLE 1 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1098.6.

1098.6.  (a) (1) On or after January 1, 2019, a transfer fee shall not be created.(2) This subdivision does not apply to excepted transfer fee covenants as defined by Section 1228.1 of Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Excepted transfer fee covenants are not required to comply with subparagraph (H) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1098.5.(b) Any transfer fee created in violation of subdivision (a) is void as against public policy.(c) For purposes of this section, “transfer fee” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 1098.(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 306, Sec. 1. (AB 3041) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Civ Code § 1099 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 2 - Transfer of Real Property|ARTICLE 1 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1099.

1099.  (a) As soon as practical before transfer of title of any real property or the execution of a real property sales contract as defined in Section 2985, the transferor, fee owner, or his or her agent, shall deliver to the transferee a copy of a structural pest control inspection report prepared pursuant to Section 8516 of the Business and Professions Code upon which any certification in accordance with Section 8519 of the Business and Professions Code may be made, provided that certification or preparation of a report is a condition of the contract effecting that transfer, or is a requirement imposed as a condition of financing such transfer.(b) If a notice of work completed as contemplated by Section 8518 of the Business and Professions Code, indicating action by a structural pest control licensee in response to an inspection report delivered or to be delivered under provisions of subdivision (a), or a certification pursuant to Section 8519 of the Business and Professions Code, has been received by a transferor or his or her agent before transfer of title or execution of a real property sales contract as defined in Section 2985, it shall be furnished to the transferee as soon as practical before transfer of title or the execution of such real property sales contract.(c) Delivery to a transferee as used in this section means delivery in person or by mail to the transferee himself or herself or any person authorized to act for him or her in the transaction or to such additional transferees who have requested such delivery from the transferor or his or her agent in writing. For the purposes of this section, delivery to either spouse shall be deemed delivery to a transferee, unless the contract affecting the transfer states otherwise.(d) No transfer of title of real property shall be invalidated solely because of the failure of any person to comply with the provisions of this section unless such failure is an act or omission which would be a valid ground for rescission of such transfer in the absence of this section.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 10. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)