Code Section Group

Civil Code - CIV

DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654 - 1422]

  ( Heading of Division 2 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 13. )

PART 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY [1000 - 1422]

  ( Part 4 enacted 1872. )

TITLE 4. TRANSFER [1039 - 1231]

  ( Title 4 enacted 1872. )

CHAPTER 1. Transfers in General [1039 - 1090.5]

  ( Chapter 1 enacted 1872. )

ARTICLE 1. Definition of Transfer [1039 - 1040]
  ( Article 1 enacted 1872. )

1039.
  

Transfer is an act of the parties, or of the law, by which the title to property is conveyed from one living person to another.

(Enacted 1872.)

1040.
  

A voluntary transfer is an executed contract, subject to all rules of law concerning contracts in general; except that a consideration is not necessary to its validity.

(Enacted 1872.)

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