ARTICLE 3. Private Writings

Article 3 enacted 1872.

§§ 1929–1952.3 · 11 sections

• § 1929 Private writings are either: 1. Sealed; or, 2. Unsealed.
• § 1930 A seal is a particular sign, made to attest, in the most formal manner, the execution of an instrument.
• § [1931.] Section Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-one. A public seal in this State is a stamp or impression made by a public officer with an instrument provided by law, to…
• § [1932.] Section Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-two. There shall be no difference hereafter, in this State, between sealed and unsealed writings. A writing under seal may…
• § 1933 The execution of an instrument is the subscribing and delivering it, with or without affixing a seal.
• § 1934 An agreement, in writing, without a seal, for the compromise or settlement of a debt, is as obligatory as if a seal were affixed.
• § 1935 A subscribing witness is one who sees a writing executed or hears it acknowledged, and at the request of the party thereupon signs his name as a witness.
• § [1950.] Section Nineteen Hundred and Fifty. The record of a conveyance of real property, or any other record, a transcript of which is admissible in evidence, must not…
• § 1952 (a) The clerk shall retain in his or her custody any exhibit, deposition, or administrative record introduced in the trial of a civil action or proceeding or…
• § 1952.2 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, upon a judgment becoming final, at the expiration of the appeal period, unless an appeal is pending, the court, in…
• § 1952.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the court, on its own motion, may order the destruction or other disposition of any exhibit, deposition, or…