{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"2948","citation":"Civ. Code, ยง 2948","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 2. Mortgage [2920. - 2968.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-14/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Mortgage of Real Property [2947. - 2955.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-14/chapter-2/article-2"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"

A mortgage of real property may be made in substantially the following form:

This mortgage, made the ____ day of ________, in the year ____, by AB, of _____, mortgagor, to CD, of ______, mortgagee, witnesseth:

That the mortgagor mortgages to the mortgagee [here describe the property], as security for the payment to him of _______ dollars, on [or before] the _____ day of ________, in the year ____, with interest thereon [or as security for the payment of an obligation, describing it, etc.]

AB.

","text":"A mortgage of real property may be made in substantially the following form: This mortgage, made the ____ day of ________, in the year ____, by AB, of _____, mortgagor, to CD, of ______, mortgagee, witnesseth: That the mortgagor mortgages to the mortgagee [here describe the property], as security for the payment to him of _______ dollars, on [or before] the _____ day of ________, in the year ____, with interest thereon [or as security for the payment of an obligation, describing it, etc.] AB.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/mortgage-of-real-property-2948","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}