PART 3. PERSONAL OR MOVABLE PROPERTY [946. - 998.]
Part 3 enacted 1872.
§§ 946–998 · 20 sections
TITLE 1. PERSONAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL § 946 · 1 section
- § 946 If there is no law to the contrary, in the place where personal property is situated, it is deemed to follow the person of its owner, and is governed by the…
TITLE 2. PARTICULAR KINDS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY [[953.] - 998.] §§ [953.]–998 · 19 sections
CHAPTER 1. Things in Action [[953.] - 955.1.] §§ [953.]–955.1 · 5 sections
ARTICLE 1. Transfer of Things in Action [[953.] - 955.1.] §§ [953.]–955.1 · 5 sections
- § [953.] Section Nine Hundred and Fifty-three. A thing in action is a right to recover money or other personal property by a judicial proceeding.
- § 954 A thing in action, arising out of the violation of a right of property, or out of an obligation, may be transferred by the owner.
- § 954.5 (a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), a transfer of a right represented by a judgment excluded from coverage of Division 9 of the Commercial Code by…
- § 955 A transfer other than one intended to create a security interest (paragraph (1) or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 9109 of the Commercial Code) of a…
- § 955.1 (a) Except as provided in Sections 954.5 and 955 and subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), a transfer other than one intended to create a security interest…
CHAPTER 3. Products of the Mind §§ 980–989 · 10 sections
- § 980 (a) (1) The author of any original work of authorship that is not fixed in any tangible medium of expression has an exclusive ownership in the representation…
- § 981 (a) Unless otherwise agreed, an original work of authorship not fixed in any tangible medium of expression and in the creation of which several persons are…
- § 982 (a) The owner of any rights in any original works of authorship not fixed in any tangible medium of expression may transfer the ownership therein. (b) The…
- § 983 If the owner of any invention or design intentionally makes it public, a copy or reproduction may be made public by any person, without responsiblily to the…
- § 984 If the owner of an invention or design does not make it public, any other person subsequently and originally producing the same thing has the same right…
- § 985 Letters and other private communications in writing belong to the person to whom they are addressed and delivered; but they cannot be published against the…
- § 986 (a) Whenever a work of fine art is sold and the seller resides in California or the sale takes place in California, the seller or the seller’s agent shall pay…
- § 987 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the physical alteration or destruction of fine art, which is an expression of the artist’s personality, is…
- § 988 (a) For the purpose of this section: (1) The term “artist” means the creator of a work of art. (2) The term “work of art” means any work of visual or graphic…
- § 989 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a public interest in preserving the integrity of cultural and artistic creations. (b) As used in…
CHAPTER 4. Other Kinds of Personal Property §§ 994–998 · 4 sections
- § 994 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…
- § 996 Whenever fur bearing animals, which are by their nature known as wild animals, have been brought into, or born in, restraint or captivity upon any farm or…
- § 997 In this state, for any purpose, porcelain painting and stained glass artistry shall be considered a fine art and not a craft.
- § 998 Any private vendor of electronic data processing equipment or telecommunications goods and services may sell or lease equipment, goods, or services to a…