California Code of Civil Procedure ARTICLE 3 - Private Writings

• Section 1929.
  Private writings are either:1. Sealed; or,2. Unsealed.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1930.
  A seal is a particular sign, made to attest, in the most formal manner, the execution of an instrument.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section [1931.].
  Section Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-one. A public seal in this State is a stamp or impression made by a public officer with an instrument provided...
• Section [1932.].
  Section Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-two. There shall be no difference hereafter, in this State, between sealed and unsealed writings. A writing under seal may therefore...
• Section 1933.
  The execution of an instrument is the subscribing and delivering it, with or without affixing a seal.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1934.
  An agreement, in writing, without a seal, for the compromise or settlement of a debt, is as obligatory as if a seal were affixed.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1935.
  A subscribing witness is one who sees a writing executed or hears it acknowledged, and at the request of the party thereupon signs his name...
• Section [1950.].
  Section Nineteen Hundred and Fifty. The record of a conveyance of real property, or any other record, a transcript of which is admissible in evidence,...
• Section 1952.
  (a) The clerk shall retain in his or her custody any exhibit, deposition, or administrative record introduced in the trial of a civil action or proceeding...
• Section 1952.2.
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, upon a judgment becoming final, at the expiration of the appeal period, unless an appeal is pending, the court,...
• Section 1952.3.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the court, on its own motion, may order the destruction or other disposition of any exhibit, deposition, or...

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