DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 1. PROPERTY IN GENERAL 654-749›TITLE 2. OWNERSHIP 669-742›CHAPTER 2. Modifications of Ownership 678-726›ARTICLE 1. Interests in Property 678-703

§ 683.1

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

No contract or other arrangement made after the effective date of this section between any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of renting safe-deposit boxes and the renter or renters of a safe-deposit box, shall create a joint tenancy in or otherwise establish ownership in any of the contents of such safe-deposit box. Any such contract or other arrangement purporting so to do shall be to such extent void and of no effect.

(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1597.)

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