DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 3. PERSONAL OR MOVABLE PROPERTY 946-998›TITLE 2. PARTICULAR KINDS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY [[953.] - 998.]›CHAPTER 1. Things in Action [[953.] - 955.1.]›ARTICLE 1. Transfer of Things in Action [[953.] - 955.1.]

§ [953.]

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

Section Nine Hundred and Fifty-three. A thing in action is a right to recover money or other personal property by a judicial proceeding.

(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)

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