{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"2876","citation":"Civ. Code, § 2876","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 14. LIEN [2872. - 3081.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-14"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Liens in General [2872. - 2914.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-14/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Definition of Liens [2872. - 2877.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-14/chapter-1/article-1"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Where the holder of a special lien is compelled to satisfy a prior lien for his own protection, he may enforce payment of the amount so paid by him, as a part of the claim for which his own lien exists.</p>","text":"Where the holder of a special lien is compelled to satisfy a prior lien for his own protection, he may enforce payment of the amount so paid by him, as a part of the claim for which his own lien exists.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/definition-of-liens-2876","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}