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Civil Code § 1028

CHAPTER 2. Accession to Personal Property

Current as of September 28, 2026Civ. Code, § 1028Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

If one makes a thing from materials belonging to another, the latter may claim the thing on reimbursing the value of the workmanship, unless the value of the workmanship exceeds the value of the materials, in which case the thing belongs to the maker, on reimbursing the value of the materials.