{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"2224","citation":"Civ. Code, § 2224","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3"},{"name":"PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 8. INVOLUNTARY TRUSTS [2223. - 2225.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-8"}],"history":"Repealed and added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 820, Sec. 8.   Operative July 1, 1987, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 820.","effective":null,"html":"<p>One who gains a thing by fraud, accident, mistake, undue influence, the violation of a trust, or other wrongful act, is, unless he or she has some other and better right thereto, an involuntary trustee of the thing gained, for the benefit of the person who would otherwise have had it.</p>","text":"One who gains a thing by fraud, accident, mistake, undue influence, the violation of a trust, or other wrongful act, is, unless he or she has some other and better right thereto, an involuntary trustee of the thing gained, for the benefit of the person who would otherwise have had it.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/involuntary-trusts-2224","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}