Code Section

Civil Code - CIV

DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274 - 9566]

  ( Heading of Division 4 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 16. )
  

PART 2. SPECIAL RELATIONS OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR [3429 - 3449]

  ( Part 2 enacted 1872. )
  

TITLE 1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES [3429 - 3434]

  ( Title 1 enacted 1872. )
  
3431.  

In the absence of fraud, every contract of a debtor is valid against all his creditors, existing or subsequent, who have not acquired a lien on the property affected by such contract.

(Enacted 1872.)