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PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.20›TITLE 10. ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES 725a-871.7›CHAPTER 3. Actions for the Recovery of Real Property, and Other Provisions Relating to Actions Concerning Real Property 740-749.5

§ 744

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

A mortgage of real property shall not be deemed a conveyance, whatever its terms, so as to enable the owner of the mortgage to recover possession of the real property without a foreclosure and sale.

(Enacted 1872.)

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