DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 2. REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY 755.-945.5›TITLE 5. MARKETABLE RECORD TITLE 880.020-887.090›CHAPTER 6. Unperformed Contracts for Sale of Real Property 886.010-886.050

§ 886.040

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

Upon the expiration of record of a recorded contract for sale of real property pursuant to this chapter, the contract has no effect, and does not constitute an encumbrance or cloud, on the title to the real property as against a person other than a party to the contract.

(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1268, Sec. 1.)

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