DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY 1000-1422›TITLE 4. TRANSFER 1039-1231›CHAPTER 1. Transfers in General 1039-1090.5›ARTICLE 1. Definition of Transfer 1039-1040

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California Civil Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Transfer is an act of the parties, or of the law, by which the title to property is conveyed from one living person to another.

(Enacted 1872.)

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