California Civil Code Section 683.1

CA Civ Code § 683.1 (2017)  

No contract or other arrangement made after the effective date of this section between any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of renting safe-deposit boxes and the renter or renters of a safe-deposit box, shall create a joint tenancy in or otherwise establish ownership in any of the contents of such safe-deposit box. Any such contract or other arrangement purporting so to do shall be to such extent void and of no effect.

(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1597.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018