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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1052

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1052

A transfer may be made without writing, in every case in which a writing is not expressly required by statute.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1054

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1054

A grant takes effect, so as to vest the interest intended to be transferred, only upon its delivery by the grantor.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1055

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1055

A grant duly executed is presumed to have been delivered at its date.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1056

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1056

A grant cannot be delivered to the grantee conditionally. Delivery to him, or to his agent as such, is necessarily absolute, and the instrument takes effect thereupon, discharged of any condition on which the delivery was made.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1057

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1057

A grant may be deposited by the grantor with a third person, to be delivered on performance of a condition, and, on delivery by the depositary, it will take effect. While in the possession of the third person, and subject to condition, it is called an escrow.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1057.3

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1057.3

(a) It shall be the obligation of a buyer and seller who enter into a contract to purchase and sell real property to ensure that all funds deposited into an escrow account are returned to the person who deposited the funds or who is otherwise entitled to the funds under the contr

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1057.5

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1057.5

Except for the normal compensation of his own employees, no person acting as an escrow agent whether required to be licensed as such or not, shall pay over to any other person any commission, fee, or other consideration as compensation for referring, soliciting, handling, or serv

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1057.6

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1057.6

In an escrow transaction for the purchase or simultaneous exchange of real property, where a policy of title insurance will not be issued to the buyer or to the parties to the exchange, the following notice shall be provided in a separate document to the buyer or parties exchangi

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1057.7

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1057.7

All written escrow instructions executed by a buyer or seller, whether prepared by a person subject to Division 6 (commencing with Section 17000) of the Financial Code, or by a person exempt from that division under Section 17006 of the Financial Code, shall contain a statement i

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1058

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1058

Redelivering a grant of real property to the grantor, or canceling it, does not operate to retransfer the title.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1058.5

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1058.5

(a) A notice of nonacceptance of a recorded deed executed by a holder of a security interest, which notice identifies the security interest, contains a legal description of the property, properly identifies the parties to the deed, the date of recordation of the deed, the county

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1059

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1059

Though a grant be not actually delivered into the possession of the grantee, it is yet to be deemed constructively delivered in the following cases: 1. Where the instrument is, by the agreement of the parties at the time of execution, understood to be delivered, and under such ci

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1066

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1066

Grants are to be interpreted in like manner with contracts in general, except so far as is otherwise provided in this Article.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1067

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1067

A clear and distinct limitation in a grant is not controlled by other words less clear and distinct.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1068

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1068

If the operative words of a grant are doubtful, recourse may be had to its recitals to assist the construction.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1069

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1069

A grant is to be interpreted in favor of the grantee, except that a reservation in any grant, and every grant by a public officer or body, as such, to a private party, is to be interpreted in favor of the grantor.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1070

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1070

If several parts of a grant are absolutely irreconcilable, the former part prevails.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1072

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1072

Words of inheritance or succession are not requisite to transfer a fee in real property.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1084

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1084

The transfer of a thing transfers also all its incidents, unless expressly excepted; but the transfer of an incident to a thing does not transfer the thing itself.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1085

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1085

A present interest, and the benefit of a condition or covenant respecting property, may be taken by any natural person under a grant, although not named a party thereto.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1086

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1086

(a) For purposes of this article, the definitions contained in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10000) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code apply. (b) An “agent” is one authorized by law to act in that capacity for that type of property and is licensed a

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1087

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1087

A multiple listing service (MLS) is a facility of cooperation of agents and appraisers, operating through an intermediary that does not itself act as an agent or appraiser, through which agents establish express or implied contracts for compensation between agents that are MLS pa

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1088

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1088

(a) A listing may not be placed in a multiple listing service unless authorized or directed by the seller in the listing. (b) If an agent or appraiser places a listing or other information in the multiple listing service, that agent or appraiser shall be responsible for the truth

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1089

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1089

The provisions of subdivision (d) of Section 1102.1 shall apply to this article.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1089.5

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1089.5

Subject to the limitations, conditions, and requirements of Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 10000) of Part 5 of Division 7 of the Probate Code, this article applies to property defined in Section 1086 that is covered by a contract described in Section 10150 of the Probate Cod