DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY 1000-1422›TITLE 4. TRANSFER 1039-1231›CHAPTER 4. Recording Transfers 1169-1220›ARTICLE 3. Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments 1180-1207

§ 1205

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

The legality of the execution, acknowledgment, proof, form, or record of any conveyance or other instrument made before this Code goes into effect, executed, acknowledged, proved, or recorded is not affected by anything contained in this Chapter, but depends for its validity and legality upon the laws in force when the act was performed.

(Enacted 1872.)

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