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DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3272.9›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273›TITLE 14. LIEN 2872-3081›CHAPTER 2. Mortgage 2920-2967›ARTICLE 1. Mortgages in General 2920-2944.10

§ 2932.5

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

Where a power to sell real property is given to a mortgagee, or other encumbrancer, in an instrument intended to secure the payment of money, the power is part of the security and vests in any person who by assignment becomes entitled to payment of the money secured by the instrument. The power of sale may be exercised by the assignee if the assignment is duly acknowledged and recorded.

(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 820, Sec. 11. Operative July 1, 1987, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 820.)

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