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CA Civ Code § 1140 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Personal Property|ARTICLE 1 - Mode of Transfer|Section 1140.

1140.  (a) For purposes of this section:(1) The term “customer” means any individual or entity who causes or caused a molder to fabricate, cast, or otherwise make a die, mold, or form.(2) The term “molder” means any individual or entity, including, but not limited to, a tool or die maker, who fabricates, casts, or otherwise makes a die, mold, or form.(3) For purposes of this section, the term “within three years following the last prior use” shall be construed to include any period following the last prior use of a die, mold, or form regardless of whether or not that period precedes the effective date of this section.(b) In the absence of any agreement to the contrary, the customer shall have all rights and title to any die, mold, or form in the possession of the molder. (c) If a customer does not claim possession from a molder of a die, mold, or form within three years following the last prior use thereof, all rights and title to any die, mold, or form may be transferred by operation of law to the molder for the purpose of destroying or otherwise disposing of such die, mold, or form, consistent with this section.(d) If a molder chooses to have all rights and title to any die, mold, or form transferred to the molder by operation of law, the molder shall send written notice by registered mail to the chief executive officer of the customer or, if the customer is not a business entity, to the customer himself or herself at the customer’s last known address indicating that the molder intends to terminate the customer’s rights and title by having all such rights and title transferred to the molder by operation of law pursuant to this section.(e) If a customer does not respond in person or by mail to claim possession of the particular die, mold, or form within 120 days following the date the notice was sent, or does not make other contractual arrangements with the molder for storage thereof, all rights and title of the customer shall transfer by operation of law to the molder. Thereafter, the molder may destroy or otherwise dispose of the particular mold, tool, or die as the molder’s own property without any risk of liability to the customer, except that this section shall not be construed in any manner to affect any right of the customer, under federal patent or copyright law or any state or federal law pertaining to unfair competition.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 290, Sec. 1.)
CA Civ Code § 1146 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Personal Property|ARTICLE 3 - Gifts|Section 1146.

1146.  A gift is a transfer of personal property, made voluntarily, and without consideration.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1147 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Personal Property|ARTICLE 3 - Gifts|Section 1147.

1147.  A verbal gift is not valid, unless the means of obtaining possession and control of the thing are given, nor, if it is capable of delivery, unless there is an actual or symbolical delivery of the thing to the donee.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1148 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Personal Property|ARTICLE 3 - Gifts|Section 1148.

1148.  A gift, other than a gift in view of impending death, cannot be revoked by the giver.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1055, Sec. 2.)
CA Civ Code § 1169 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 2 - Mode of Recording|Section 1169.

1169.  Instruments entitled to be recorded must be recorded by the County Recorder of the county in which the real property affected thereby is situated.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § [1170.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 2 - Mode of Recording|Section [1170.].

[1170.]   Section Eleven Hundred and Seventy. An instrument is deemed to be recorded when, being duly acknowledged or proved and certified, it is deposited in the Recorder’s office, with the proper officer, for record.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 1171 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 2 - Mode of Recording|Section 1171.

1171.  Grants, absolute in terms, are to be recorded in one set of books, and mortgages in another.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1172 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 2 - Mode of Recording|Section 1172.

1172.  The duties of county recorders, in respect to recording instruments, are prescribed by the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 593.)
CA Civ Code § 1173 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 2 - Mode of Recording|Section 1173.

1173.  The mode of recording transfers of ships registered under the laws of the United States is regulated by Acts of Congress.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1180 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1180.

1180.  The proof or acknowledgment of an instrument may be made at any place within this state before a justice, retired justice, or Clerk/Executive Officer of the Supreme Court, a justice, retired justice, or clerk of any court of appeal or judge or retired judge of a superior court, or the Secretary of the Senate or Chief Clerk of the Assembly.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 36, Sec. 3. (AB 452) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Civ Code § 1181 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1181.

1181.  The proof or acknowledgment of an instrument may be made before a notary public at any place within this state, or within the county or city and county in this state in which the officer specified below was elected or appointed, before either:(a) A clerk of a superior court.(b) A county clerk.(c) A court commissioner.(d) A retired judge of a municipal or justice court.(e) A district attorney.(f) A clerk of a board of supervisors.(g) A city clerk.(h) A county counsel.(i) A city attorney.(j) Secretary of the Senate.(k) Chief Clerk of the Assembly.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Civ Code § 1182 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1182.

1182.  The proof or acknowledgment of an instrument may be made without this state, but within the United States, and within the jurisdiction of the officer, before any of the following:(1) A justice, judge, or clerk of any court of record of the United States.(2) A justice, judge, or clerk of any court of record of any state.(3) A commissioner appointed by the Governor or Secretary of State for that purpose.(4) A notary public.(5) Any other officer of the state where the acknowledgment is made authorized by its laws to take such proof or acknowledgment.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1611.)
CA Civ Code § 1183 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1183.

1183.  The proof or acknowledgment of an instrument may be made without the United States, before any of the following:(a) A minister, commissioner, or chargè d’affaires of the United States, resident and accredited in the country where the proof or acknowledgment is made. (b) A consul, vice consul, or consular agent of the United States, resident in the country where the proof or acknowledgment is made.(c) A judge of a court of record of the country where the proof or acknowledgment is made.(d) Commissioners appointed by the Governor or Secretary of State for that purpose.(e) A notary public.If the proof or acknowledgment is made before a notary public, the signature of the notary public shall be proved or acknowledged (1) before a judge of a court of record of the country where the proof or acknowledgment is made, or (2) by any American diplomatic officer, consul general, consul, vice consul, or consular agent, or (3) by an apostille (certification) affixed to the instrument pursuant to the terms of The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1017, Sec. 1.)
CA Civ Code § 1184 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1184.

1184.  When any of the officers mentioned in Sections 1180, 1181, 1182, and 1183 are authorized by a law to appoint a deputy, the acknowledgment or proof may be taken by such deputy, in the name of his principal.(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 457.)
CA Civ Code § 1188 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1188.

1188.  An officer taking the acknowledgment of an instrument shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate pursuant to Section 1189.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 78, Sec. 1. (AB 464) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Civ Code § 1190 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1190.

1190.  The certificate of acknowledgment of an instrument executed on behalf of an incorporated or unincorporated entity by a duly authorized person in the form specified in Section 1189 shall be prima facie evidence that the instrument is the duly authorized act of the entity named in the instrument and shall be conclusive evidence thereof in favor of any good faith purchaser, lessee, or encumbrancer. “Duly authorized person,” with respect to a domestic or foreign corporation, includes the president, vice president, secretary, and assistant secretary of the corporation.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1070, Sec. 3.)
CA Civ Code § 1193 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1193.

1193.  Officers taking and certifying acknowledgments or proof of instruments for record, must authenticate their certificates by affixing thereto their signatures, followed by the names of their offices; also, their seals of office, if by the laws of the State or country where the acknowledgment or proof is taken, or by authority of which they are acting, they are required to have official seals.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1195 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1195.

1195.  (a) Proof of the execution of an instrument, when not acknowledged, may be made by any of the following:(1) By the party executing it, or either of them.(2) By a subscribing witness.(3) By other witnesses, in cases mentioned in Section 1198.(b) (1)  Proof of the execution of a power of attorney, grant deed, mortgage, deed of trust, quitclaim deed, security agreement, or any instrument affecting real property is not permitted pursuant to Section 27287 of the Government Code, though proof of the execution of a trustee’s deed or deed of reconveyance is permitted.(2) Proof of the execution for any instrument requiring a notary public to obtain a thumbprint from the party signing the document in the notary public’s journal is not permitted.(c) Any certificate for proof of execution taken within this state shall include a notice at the top of the certificate for proof of execution in an enclosed box stating: “A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.” This notice shall be legible.(d) The physical format of the boxed notice at the top of the certificate for proof of execution required pursuant to subdivision (e) is an example, for purposes of illustration and not limitation, of the physical format of a boxed notice fulfilling the requirements of subdivision (c).(e) A certificate for proof of execution taken within this state shall be in the following form: _____ A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness,accuracy, or validity of that document.State of California⎫ss. _____ County of ⎭ _____ On ____ (date), before me, _____ (name and title of officer), personally appeared ____ (name of subscribing witness), proved to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, as a witness thereto, on the oath of ____ (name of credible witness), a credible witness who is known to me and provided a satisfactory identifying document. ____ (name of subscribing witness), being by me duly sworn, said that he/she was present and saw/heard ____ (name[s] of principal[s]), the same person(s) described in and whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within or attached instrument in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies) as (a) party(ies) thereto, execute or acknowledge executing the same, and that said affiant subscribed his/her name to the within or attached instrument as a witness at the request of ____ (name[s] of principal[s]).WITNESS my hand and official seal.Signature (Seal)(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 197, Sec. 2. (SB 1050) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Civ Code § 1196 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1196.

1196.  A witness shall be proved to be a subscribing witness by the oath of a credible witness who provides the officer with any document satisfying the requirements of paragraph (3) or (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 1185.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 67, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Civ Code § 1197 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1197.

1197.  The subscribing witness must prove that the person whose name is subscribed to the instrument as a party is the person described in it, and that such person executed it, and that the witness subcribed his name thereto as a witness.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1198 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1198.

1198.  The execution of an instrument may be established by proof of the handwriting of the party and of a subscribing witness, if there is one, in the following cases:1. When the parties and all the subscribing witnesses are dead; or,2. When the parties and all the subscribing witnesses are non-residents of the State; or,3. When the place of their residence is unknown to the party desiring the proof, and cannot be ascertained by the exercise of due diligence; or,4. When the subscribing witness conceals himself, or cannot be found by the officer by the exercise of due diligence in attempting to serve the subpoena or attachment; or,5. In case of the continued failure or refusal of the witness to testify, for the space of one hour, after his appearance.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § [1199.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section [1199.].

[1199.]   Section Eleven Hundred and Ninety-nine. The evidence taken under the preceding section must satisfactorily prove to the officer the following facts: One—The existence of one or more of the conditions mentioned therein; and,Two—That the witness testifying knew the person whose name purports to be subscribed to the instrument as a party, and is well acquainted with his signature, and that it is genuine; and,Three—That the witness testifying personally knew the person who subscribed the instrument as a witness, and is well acquainted with his signature, and that it is genuine; and,Four—The place of residence of the witness.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 1200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1200.

1200.  An officer taking proof of the execution of any instrument must, in his certificate indorsed thereon or attached thereto, set forth all the matters required by law to be done or known by him, or proved before him on the proceeding, together with the names of all the witnesses examined before him, their places of residence respectively, and the substance of their testimony.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1201.

1201.  Officers authorized to take the proof of instruments are authorized in such proceedings:1. To administer oaths or affirmations, as prescribed in Section 2093, Code of Civil Procedure;2. To employ and swear interpreters;3. To issue subpoena, as prescribed in Section 1986, Code of Civil Procedure;4. To punish for contempt, as prescribed in Sections 1991, 1993, 1994, Code of Civil Procedure.The civil damages and forfeiture to the party aggrieved are prescribed in Section 1992, Code of Civil Procedure.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1202.

1202.  When the acknowledgment or proof of the execution of an instrument is properly made, but defectively certified, any party interested may have an action in the superior court to obtain a judgment correcting the certificate.(Amended by Stats. 1905, Ch. 445.)
CA Civ Code § 1203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1203.

1203.  Any person interested under an instrument entitled to be proved for record, may institute an action in the superior court against the proper parties to obtain a judgment proving such instrument.(Amended by Stats. 1905, Ch. 445.)
CA Civ Code § 1204 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1204.

1204.  A certified copy of the judgment in a proceeding instituted under either of the two preceding sections, showing the proof of the instrument, and attached thereto, entitles such instrument to record, with like effect as if acknowledged.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1205 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1205.

1205.  The legality of the execution, acknowledgment, proof, form, or record of any conveyance or other instrument made before this Code goes into effect, executed, acknowledged, proved, or recorded is not affected by anything contained in this Chapter, but depends for its validity and legality upon the laws in force when the act was performed.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1206 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1206.

1206.  All conveyances of real property made before this Code goes into effect, and acknowledged or proved according to the laws in force at the time of such making and acknowledgment or proof, have the same force as evidence, and may be recorded in the same manner and with the like effect, as conveyances executed and acknowledged in pursuance of this Chapter.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1207 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 3 - Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 1207.

1207.  Any instrument affecting the title to real property, one year after the same has been copied into the proper book of record, kept in the office of any county recorder, imparts notice of its contents to subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers, notwithstanding any defect, omission, or informality in the execution of the instrument, or in the certificate of acknowledgment thereof, or the absence of any such certificate; but nothing herein affects the rights of purchasers or encumbrancers previous to the taking effect of this act. Duly certified copies of the record of any such instrument may be read in evidence with like effect as copies of an instrument duly acknowledged and recorded; provided, when such copying in the proper book of record occurred within five years prior to the trial of the action, it is first shown that the original instrument was genuine. (Amended by Stats. 1927, Ch. 489.)
CA Civ Code § 1213 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 2 - PROPERTY|PART 4 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY|TITLE 4 - TRANSFER|CHAPTER 4 - Recording Transfers|ARTICLE 4 - Effect of Recording, or the Want Thereof|Section 1213.

1213.  Every conveyance of real property or an estate for years therein acknowledged or proved and certified and recorded as prescribed by law from the time it is filed with the recorder for record is constructive notice of the contents thereof to subsequent purchasers and mortgagees; and a certified copy of such a recorded conveyance may be recorded in any other county and when so recorded the record thereof shall have the same force and effect as though it was of the original conveyance and where the original conveyance has been recorded in any county wherein the property therein mentioned is not situated a certified copy of the recorded conveyance may be recorded in the county where such property is situated with the same force and effect as if the original conveyance had been recorded in that county.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 698, Sec. 1.)