DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY 1000-1422›TITLE 4. TRANSFER 1039-1231›CHAPTER 1. Transfers in General 1039-1090.5›ARTICLE 2. What May Be Transferred 1044-1047

§ 1047

California Civil Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

Any person claiming title to real property in the adverse possession of another may transfer it with the same effect as if in actual possession.

(Enacted 1872.)

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