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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

§ 1201

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

Officers authorized to take the proof of instruments are authorized in such proceedings:

  1. To administer oaths or affirmations, as prescribed in Section 2093, Code of Civil Procedure;

  2. To employ and swear interpreters;

  3. To issue subpoena, as prescribed in Section 1986, Code of Civil Procedure;

  4. To punish for contempt, as prescribed in Sections 1991, 1993, 1994, Code of Civil Procedure.

The civil damages and forfeiture to the party aggrieved are prescribed in Section 1992, Code of Civil Procedure.

(Enacted 1872.)

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