California Civil Code ARTICLE 1 - Nature and Creation of Deposit

• Section 1813.
  A deposit may be voluntary or involuntary; and for safe keeping or for exchange.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1814.
  A voluntary deposit is made by one giving to another, with his consent, the possession of personal property to keep for the benefit of the...
• Section 1815.
  An involuntary deposit is made:(a) By the accidental leaving or placing of personal property in the possession of any person, without negligence on the part of...
• Section 1816.
  (a) The person or private entity with whom a thing is deposited in the manner described in Section 1815 is bound to take charge of it,...
• Section 1817.
  A deposit for keeping is one in which the depositary is bound to return the identical thing deposited.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1818.
  A deposit for exchange is one in which the depositary is only bound to return a thing corresponding in kind to that which is deposited.(Enacted

Last modified: October 22, 2018