{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"2909","citation":"Civ. Code, § 2909","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 6. Extinction of Liens [2909. - 2914.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-14/chapter-1/article-6"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A lien is to be deemed accessory to the act for the performance of which it is a security, whether any person is bound for such performance or not, and is extinguishable in like manner with any other accessory obligation.</p>","text":"A lien is to be deemed accessory to the act for the performance of which it is a security, whether any person is bound for such performance or not, and is extinguishable in like manner with any other accessory obligation.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/extinction-of-liens-2909","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}