{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1204","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1204","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY [1000. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 4. TRANSFER [1039. - 1231.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4/title-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Recording Transfers [1169. - 1220.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4/title-4/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments [1180. - 1207.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4/title-4/chapter-4/article-3"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A certified copy of the judgment in a proceeding instituted under either of the two preceding sections, showing the proof of the instrument, and attached thereto, entitles such instrument to record, with like effect as if acknowledged.</p>","text":"A certified copy of the judgment in a proceeding instituted under either of the two preceding sections, showing the proof of the instrument, and attached thereto, entitles such instrument to record, with like effect as if acknowledged.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/proof-and-acknowledgment-of-instruments-1204","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}