{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"3440.3","citation":"Civ. Code, § 3440.3","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274. - 9566.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4"},{"name":"PART 2. SPECIAL RELATIONS OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR [3429. - 3449.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 2. VOID AND VOIDABLE TRANSFERS AND UNDERTAKINGS [3439. - 3449.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-2/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Conveyance of Personal Property Without Delivery [3440. - 3440.9.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-2/title-2/chapter-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 254, Sec. 5.   Effective January 1, 2007.","effective":"2007-01-01","html":"<p>A transfer of personal property, as to which the conditions set forth in subdivision (h) of Section <a href=\"/civ/3440.1\">3440.1</a>, Section <a href=\"/civ/3440.2\">3440.2</a>, or subdivision (b) of Section <a href=\"/civ/3440.5\">3440.5</a> are satisfied, shall, nevertheless, be void under Section <a href=\"/civ/3440\">3440</a> as against a person who has purchased the personal property from the transferor and who is a “buyer in the ordinary course of business,” as defined in paragraph (9) of subdivision (b) of Section <a href=\"/com/1201\">1201</a> of the Commercial Code.</p>","text":"A transfer of personal property, as to which the conditions set forth in subdivision (h) of Section 3440.1, Section 3440.2, or subdivision (b) of Section 3440.5 are satisfied, shall, nevertheless, be void under Section 3440 as against a person who has purchased the personal property from the transferor and who is a “buyer in the ordinary course of business,” as defined in paragraph (9) of subdivision (b) of Section 1201 of the Commercial Code.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/conveyance-of-personal-property-without-delivery-3440-3","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}