{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"731.02","citation":"Civ. Code, § 731.02","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. PROPERTY IN GENERAL [654. - 749.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 2. OWNERSHIP [669. - 742.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2.6. Legal Estates Principal and Income Law [731. - 731.15.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1/title-2/chapter-2.6"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 820, Sec. 3.   Operative July 1, 1987, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 820.","effective":null,"html":"<p>This chapter shall apply to all transactions by which a principal was established without the interposition of a trust on or after September 13, 1941, or is hereafter so established. Transactions by which a principal is held in trust are governed by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 16300) of Part 4 of Division 9 of the Probate Code.</p>","text":"This chapter shall apply to all transactions by which a principal was established without the interposition of a trust on or after September 13, 1941, or is hereafter so established. Transactions by which a principal is held in trust are governed by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 16300) of Part 4 of Division 9 of the Probate Code.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/legal-estates-principal-and-income-law-731-02","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}