California Civil Code ARTICLE 1 - Definition of Liens

• Section 2872.
  A lien is a charge imposed in some mode other than by a transfer in trust upon specific property by which it is made security...
• Section 2873.
  Liens are either general or special.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 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...
• Section 2875.
  A special lien is one which the holder thereof can enforce only as security for the performance of a particular act or obligation, and of...
• Section 2876.
  Where the holder of a special lien is compelled to satisfy a prior lien for his own protection, he may enforce payment of the amount...
• Section 2877.
  Contracts of mortgage, pledge, bottomry, or respondentia are subject to all of the provisions of this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 13. (AB...

Last modified: October 22, 2018