DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3272.9›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273›TITLE 14. LIEN 2872-3081›CHAPTER 1. Liens in General 2872-2914›ARTICLE 4. Priority of Liens 2897-2899

§ 2897

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

Other things being equal, different liens upon the same property have priority according to the time of their creation, except in cases of bottomry and respondentia.

(Enacted 1872.)

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