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Code of Civil Procedure § 770.020

ARTICLE 1. Identity of Person in Chain of Title

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 770.020Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.

If property is acquired or stands of record in the name of a person who heretofore or hereafter transfers the property under a name other than or different from the name in which the property is acquired or stands of record, a proceeding is authorized to adjudicate and determine the identity of the person in whose name the property is acquired or stands of record and the person who transfers the property.