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DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY 1000-1422›TITLE 4. TRANSFER 1039-1231›CHAPTER 4. Recording Transfers 1169-1220›ARTICLE 4. Effect of Recording, or the Want Thereof 1213-1220

§ 1214

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

Every conveyance of real property or an estate for years therein, other than a lease for a term not exceeding one year, is void as against any subsequent purchaser or mortgagee of the same property, or any part thereof, in good faith and for a valuable consideration, whose conveyance is first duly recorded, and as against any judgment affecting the title, unless the conveyance shall have been duly recorded prior to the record of notice of action.

(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 698, Sec. 2.)

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