Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307 - 1062.34]
( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 10. ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES [725a - 871.12]
( Title 10 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 3. Actions for the Recovery of Real Property, and Other Provisions Relating to Actions Concerning Real Property [740 - 749.5]
( Heading of Chapter 3 amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 3. ) 744.
A mortgage of real property shall not be deemed a conveyance, whatever its terms, so as to enable the owner of the mortgage to recover possession of the real property without a foreclosure and sale.
(Enacted 1872.)