DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273.16›TITLE 14. LIEN 2872-3081›CHAPTER 6. Other Liens 3046-3066

§ 3046

California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

One who sells real property has a vendor’s lien thereon, independent of possession, for so much of the price as remains unpaid and unsecured otherwise than by the personal obligation of the buyer.

(Enacted 1872.)

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