DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3272.9›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273›TITLE 5. HIRING 1925-1997.270›CHAPTER 1. Hiring in General 1925-1938

§ 1925

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

Hiring is a contract by which one gives to another the temporary possession and use of property, other than money, for reward, and the latter agrees to return the same to the former at a future time.

(Enacted 1872.)

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