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Code of Civil Procedure § 704.920

ARTICLE 5. Declared Homesteads

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 704.920Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.

A dwelling in which an owner or spouse of an owner resides may be selected as a declared homestead pursuant to this article by recording a homestead declaration in the office of the county recorder of the county where the dwelling is located. From and after the time of recording, the dwelling is a declared homestead for the purposes of this article.