{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"994","citation":"Civ. Code, § 994","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 3. PERSONAL OR MOVABLE PROPERTY [946. - 998.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-3"},{"name":"TITLE 2. PARTICULAR KINDS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY [[953.] - 998.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-3/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Other Kinds of Personal Property [994. - 998.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-3/title-2/chapter-4"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Instruments essential to the title of real property, and which are not kept in a public office as a record, pursuant to law, belong to the person in whom, for the time being, such title may be vested, and pass with the title.</p>","text":"Instruments essential to the title of real property, and which are not kept in a public office as a record, pursuant to law, belong to the person in whom, for the time being, such title may be vested, and pass with the title.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/other-kinds-of-personal-property-994","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}