Code Section

Civil Code - CIV

DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427 - 3273.69]

  ( Heading of Division 3 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 14. )
  

PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738 - 3273.69]

  ( Part 4 enacted 1872. )
  

TITLE 14. LIEN [2872 - 3081]

  ( Title 14 enacted 1872. )
  

CHAPTER 1. Liens in General [2872 - 2914]

  ( Chapter 1 enacted 1872. )
  

ARTICLE 1. Definition of Liens [2872 - 2877]
  ( Article 1 enacted 1872. )

  
2874.  

A general lien is one which the holder thereof is entitled to enforce as a security for the performance of all the obligations, or all of a particular class of obligations, which exist in his favor against the owner of the property.

(Enacted 1872.)