California

Civil Code

4,109 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 2949 — (a) No mortgage or deed of trust on real property containing only a single-family, owner-occupied dwelling may be declared in default, nor may the maturity date of the indebtedness secured thereby be
• § 2950 — When a grant of real property purports to be an absolute conveyance, but is intended to be defeasible on the performance of certain conditions, such grant is not defeated or affected as against any pe
• § 2951 — (a) A conventional home mortgage loan originated on or after January 1, 2027, and secured by owner-occupied residential real property containing four or fewer dwelling units with multiple borrowers sh
• § 2952 — Mortgages and deeds of trust of real property may be acknowledged or proved, certified and recorded, in like manner and with like effect, as grants thereof; provided, however, that a mortgage or deed
• § 2953 — Any express agreement made or entered into by a borrower at the time of or in connection with the making of or renewing of any loan secured by a deed of trust, mortgage or other instrument creating a
• § 2953.1 — As used in this section: (a) “Real property security instrument” shall include any mortgage or trust deed or land contract in or on real property.
• § 2953.2 — Every real property security instrument which contains or has attached a subordination clause shall contain: (a) At the top of the real property security instrument there shall appear in at least 10-p
• § 2953.3 — Every subordination agreement shall contain: (a) At the top of the subordination agreement there shall appear in at least 10-point bold type, or, if typewritten, in capital letters and underlined, the
• § 2953.4 — (a) Any subordination clause and any subordination agreement which is executed after the effective date of this act and which does not substantially comply with the provisions of Section 2953.
• § 2953.5 — (a) Sections 2953.
• § 2954 — (a) (1) No impound, trust, or other type of account for payment of taxes on the property, insurance premiums, or other purposes relating to the property shall be required as a condition of a real prop
• § 2954.1 — No lender or person who purchases obligations secured by real property, or any agent of such lender or person, who maintains an impound, trust, or other type of account for the payment of taxes and as
• § 2954.10 — An obligee which accelerates the maturity date of the principal and accrued interest, pursuant to contract, on any loan secured by a mortgage or deed of trust on real property or an estate for years t
• § 2954.11 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Open-end credit plan” has the meaning set forth in Regulation Z of the Federal Reserve System (12 C.
• § 2954.12 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 2954.
• § 2954.2 — (a) Every mortgagee of record of real property containing only a one- to four-family residence, when the mortgage is given to secure payment of the balance of the purchase price of the property or to
• § 2954.4 — (a) A charge that may be imposed for late payment of an installment due on a loan secured by a mortgage or a deed of trust on real property containing only a single-family, owner-occupied dwelling, sh
• § 2954.5 — (a) Before the first default, delinquency, or late payment charge may be assessed by any lender on a delinquent payment of a loan, other than a loan made pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Sectio
• § 2954.6 — (a) If private mortgage insurance or mortgage guaranty insurance, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 12640.
• § 2954.65 — Within 30 days after notice of cancellation from the insured, a private mortgage insurer or mortgage guaranty insurer shall, if the policy is cancellable, refund the remaining portion of the unused pr
• § 2954.7 — Except when a statute, regulation, rule, or written guideline promulgated by an institutional third party applicable to notes or evidence of indebtedness secured by a deed of trust or mortgage purchas
• § 2954.8 — (a) Every financial institution that makes loans upon the security of real property containing only a one- to four-family residence and located in this state or purchases obligations secured by such p
• § 2954.85 — (a) A financial institution that makes loans upon the security of real property containing only a one- to four-family residence and located in this state or purchases obligations secured by the proper
• § 2954.9 — (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided by statute, where the original principal obligation is a loan for residential property of four units or less, the borrower under any note or evidence of indebtedne
• § 2955 — (a) Money held by a mortgagee or a beneficiary of a deed of trust on real property in this state, or held by a vendor on a contract of sale of real property in this state, in an impound account for th
• § 2955.1 — (a) Any lender originating a loan secured by the borrower’s separate interest in a condominium project, as defined in Section 4125 or 6542, which requires earthquake insurance or imposes a fee or any
• § 2955.5 — (a) No lender shall require a borrower, as a condition of receiving or maintaining a loan secured by real property, to provide hazard insurance coverage against risks to the improvements on that real
• § 2956 — In a transaction for the purchase of a dwelling for not more than four families in which there is an arranger of credit, which purchase includes an extension of credit by the vendor, a written disclos
• § 2957 — The following definitions shall apply for the purposes of this article: (a) “Arranger of credit” means: (1) A person, other than a party to the credit transaction (except as provided in paragraph (2))
• § 2958 — A disclosure is not required under this article, to a purchaser when that purchaser is entitled to receive, a disclosure pursuant to the Federal Truth-In-Lending Act (15 U.
• § 2959 — The disclosures required by this article shall be made as soon as practicable, but before execution of any note or security documents.
• § 2960 — If information disclosed in accordance with this article is subsequently rendered inaccurate as a result of any act, occurrence, or agreement between the parties to the transaction subsequent to the d
• § 2961 — Every disclosure required by this article and every act which is to be performed in making that disclosure shall be made in good faith.
• § 2962 — Any disclosure made pursuant to this article may be amended in writing by the person making the disclosure, provided that any amendment shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2959.
• § 2963 — The disclosures required to both purchaser and vendor by this article are: (a) An identification of the note or other credit documents or security documents and of the property which is the security f
• § 2964 — The specification of items for disclosure in this article does not limit or abridge any obligation for disclosure created by any other provision of law or which may exist in order to avoid fraud, misr
• § 2965 — The validity of any credit document or of any security document subject to the provisions of this article shall not be invalidated solely because of the failure of any person to comply with this artic
• § 2966 — (a) In a transaction regulated by this article, which includes a balloon payment note when the term for repayment is for a period in excess of one year, the holder of the note shall, not less than 90
• § 2967 — Any action arising under this article may be brought within two years from the date on which the liability arises, except that where any material disclosure under this article has been materially and
• § 2968 — (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Mortgage servicer” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 2920.
• § 2970 — For purposes of this chapter “home equity loan” means any open end consumer credit plan in which a consensual security interest is created or retained against the consumer’s dwelling.
• § 2971 — (a) At the time that a customer makes an initial application to a creditor for a home equity loan in person, or within three business days if the customer applies by mail or telephone, the creditor sh
• § 2981 — As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Conditional sale contract” means: (1) A contract for the sale of a motor vehicle between a buyer and a seller, with or without acce
• § 2981.5 — A contract for the bailment or leasing of a motor vehicle, with or without accessories, which establishes the maximum for which a bailee or lessee could be held liable at the end of the lease or bailm
• § 2981.7 — All contracts entered into between a buyer and a seller on or after January 1, 1983, shall provide for the calculation of the finance charge contemplated by item (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (j
• § 2981.8 — No contract shall provide for a finance charge which is determined in part by the precomputed basis and in part by the simple-interest basis except for any finance charge permitted by subdivisions (a)
• § 2981.9 — Every conditional sale contract subject to this chapter shall be in writing and, if printed, shall be printed in type no smaller than 6-point, and shall contain in a single document all of the agreeme
• § 2982 — A conditional sale contract subject to this chapter shall contain the disclosures required by Regulation Z, whether or not Regulation Z applies to the transaction.
• § 2982.1 — It shall be unlawful for any seller to induce or attempt to induce any person to enter into a contract subject to this chapter by offering a rebate, discount, commission, or other consideration, conti
• § 2982.10 — (a) In consideration of the assignment of a conditional sale contract, the seller shall not receive or accept from the assignee any payment or credit based upon any amount collected or received, or to
• § 2982.11 — (a) Prior to the execution of a conditional sale contract that includes a charge for an electric vehicle charging station, the seller shall provide the buyer with, and obtain the buyer’s signature on,
• § 2982.12 — (a) (1) A guaranteed asset protection waiver may be offered, sold, or provided to a buyer, or administered, in connection with a conditional sale contract subject to this chapter only in compliance wi
• § 2982.2 — (a) Prior to the execution of a conditional sale contract, the seller shall provide to a buyer, and obtain the buyer’s signature on, a written disclosure that sets forth the following information: (1)
• § 2982.3 — (a) The holder of a conditional sale contract may, upon agreement with the buyer, extend the scheduled due date or defer the scheduled payment of all or of any part of any installment or installments
• § 2982.5 — (a) This chapter may not be deemed to affect a loan, or the security therefor, between a purchaser of a motor vehicle and a supervised financial organization, other than the seller of the motor vehicl
• § 2982.7 — (a) Any payment made by a buyer to a seller pending execution of a conditional sale contract shall be refunded to the buyer in the event the conditional sale contract is not executed.
• § 2982.8 — (a) If a buyer is obligated under the terms of the conditional sale contract to maintain insurance on the vehicle and subsequent to the execution of the contract the buyer either fails to maintain or
• § 2982.9 — In the event a buyer obligates himself to purchase, or receive possession of, a motor vehicle pursuant to a contract or purchase order, and the seller knows that the buyer intends to obtain financing
• § 2983 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if the seller, except as the result of an accidental or bona fide error in computation, violates any provision of Section 2981.
• § 2983.1 — (a) If the seller or holder of a conditional sale contract, except as the result of an accidental or bona fide error of computation, violates any provision of subdivision (l) of Section 2982, the buye
• § 2983.2 — (a) Except where the motor vehicle has been seized as described in paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 2983.
• § 2983.3 — (a) (1) In the absence of default in the performance of any of the buyer’s obligations under the contract, the seller or holder may not accelerate the maturity of any part or all of the amount due the
• § 2983.35 — (a) If a creditor has requested a cosigner as a condition of granting credit to any person for the purpose of acquisition of a motor vehicle, the creditor or holder shall give the cosigner a written n
• § 2983.37 — (a) After a sale of a vehicle under this chapter, a buy-here-pay-here dealer, as defined in Section 241 of the Vehicle Code, shall not do any of the following: (1) Utilize electronic tracking technolo
• § 2983.4 — Reasonable attorney’s fees and costs shall be awarded to the prevailing party in any action on a contract or purchase order subject to the provisions of this chapter regardless of whether the action i
• § 2983.5 — (a) An assignee of the seller’s right is subject to all equities and defenses of the buyer against the seller, notwithstanding an agreement to the contrary, but the assignee’s liability may not exceed
• § 2983.6 — Any person who shall willfully violate any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 2983.7 — No conditional sale contract shall contain any provision by which: (a) The buyer agrees not to assert against the seller a claim or defense arising out of the sale or agrees not to assert against an a
• § 2983.8 — Notwithstanding Section 2983.
• § 2984 — Any failure to comply with any provision of this chapter (commencing with Section 2981) may be corrected by the holder, provided, however, that a willful violation may not be corrected unless it is a
• § 2984.1 — Every conditional sale contract shall contain a statement in contrasting red print in at least 8-point bold type which shall satisfy the requirements of Section 5604 of the Vehicle Code and be signed
• § 2984.2 — (a) No conditional sale contract, and no agreement between a seller and a buyer made in connection with a conditional sale contract, may provide for the inclusion of title to or a lien upon any proper
• § 2984.3 — Any acknowledgment by the buyer of delivery of a copy of a conditional sale contract or purchase order and any vehicle purchase proposal and any credit statement that the seller has required or reques
• § 2984.4 — (a) An action on a contract or purchase order under this chapter shall be tried in the superior court in the county where the contract or purchase order was in fact signed by the buyer, where the buye
• § 2984.5 — (a) A seller shall maintain the following documents for at least seven years or the length of the conditional sales contract, whichever is longer: (1) A copy of each buyer’s conditional sales contract
• § 2984.6 — A holder of a conditional sales contract, purchase order, or security interest, or the agent of a holder, who has received a notice pursuant to Section 7507.
• § 2985 — (a) A real property sales contract is an agreement in which one party agrees to convey title to real property to another party upon the satisfaction of specified conditions set forth in the contract a
• § 2985.1 — A real property sales contract may not be transferred by the fee owner of the real property unless accompanied by a transfer of the real property which is the subject of the contract, and real propert
• § 2985.2 — Any person, or the assignee of such person, who sells a parcel of land under a sales contract which is not recorded and who thereafter causes an encumbrance or encumbrances not consented to in writing
• § 2985.3 — Every seller of improved or unimproved real property under a real property sales contract, or his assignee, who knowingly receives an installment payment from the buyer under a real property sales con
• § 2985.4 — Every seller of improved or unimproved real property under a real property sales contract who receives pro rata payments for insurance and taxes shall hold these amounts in trust for the purpose desig
• § 2985.5 — Every real property sales contract entered into after January 1, 1966, shall contain a statement of: (a) The number of years required to complete payment in accordance with the terms of the contract.
• § 2985.51 — (a) Every real property sales contract entered into on and after January 1, 1978, where the real property that is the subject of such contract resulted from a division of real property occurring on or
• § 2985.6 — (a) A buyer shall be entitled to prepay all or any part of the balance due on any real property sales contract with respect to the sale of land which has been subdivided into a residential lot or lots
• § 2985.7 — (a) “Motor vehicle” means any vehicle required to be registered under the Vehicle Code.
• § 2985.71 — (a) Any solicitation to enter into a lease contract that includes any of the following items shall contain the disclosures described in subdivision (b): (1) The amount of any payment.
• § 2985.8 — (a) A lease contract shall be in writing, and the print portion of the contract shall be printed in at least 8-point type and shall contain in a single document all of the agreements of the lessor and
• § 2985.9 — The following documents and agreements are not required to be contained in a lease contract: (a) An “express warranty,” as that term is defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1791.
• § 2986.10 — (a) An assignee of the lessor’s rights is subject to all equities and defenses of the lessee against the lessor, notwithstanding an agreement to the contrary, but the assignee’s liability may not exce
• § 2986.12 — It shall be unlawful for any lessor to induce or attempt to induce any person to enter into a contract subject to this chapter by offering a rebate, discount, commission or other consideration, on the
• § 2986.13 — (a) Any payment made by a lessee to a lessor pending the execution of a lease contract shall be refunded to the lessee in the event the lease contract is not executed.
• § 2986.3 — No lease contract shall contain any provision by which: (a) A power of attorney is given to confess judgment in this state, or an assignment of wages is given; provided that nothing herein contained s
• § 2986.4 — Any acknowledgment by the lessee of delivery of a copy of a lease contract or purchase order and any vehicle lease proposal and any credit statement which the lessor has required or requested the less
• § 2986.5 — (a) No person shall lease a used motor vehicle for operation on California highways if such vehicle does not meet all of the equipment requirements of Division 12 (commencing with Section 24000) of th
• § 2986.6 — No agreement in connection with a lease contract which provides for the inclusion of title to or a lien upon any personal or real property, other than the motor vehicle which is the subject matter of
• § 2987 — (a) A lessee has the right to terminate a lease contract at any time prior to the scheduled expiration date specified in the lease contract.
• § 2988 — (a) The Legislature finds that it is necessary to provide some protection for consumers who enter into lease contracts in which the lessee will bear the risk of the motor vehicle’s depreciation.
• § 2988.5 — (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, any lessor who fails to comply with any requirement imposed under Section 2985.
• § 2988.7 — If the lessor fails to comply with Section 2985.
• § 2988.9 — Reasonable attorney’s fees and costs shall be awarded to the prevailing party in any action on a lease contract subject to the provisions of this chapter regardless of whether the action is instituted
• § 2989 — No civil action shall be filed against a lessor under the authority of this chapter if a federal civil action has previously been filed based on facts that give rise to a similar cause of action under
• § 2989.2 — Where the lessee is to bear the risk of the motor vehicle’s depreciation upon the scheduled expiration of the lease contract, the following applies: (a) When disposing of a vehicle or obtaining cash b
• § 2989.4 — (a) A lessor shall not: (1) Fail to register the leased vehicle pursuant to the lease contract.
• § 2989.5 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a lessor shall make available to investigators of the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon presentation of an affidavit that the department has a consumer comp
• § 2989.6 — The Director of Motor Vehicles may adopt and enforce rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out or implement the provisions of this chapter.
• § 2989.8 — Any person who shall knowingly and willfully violate any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 2990 — This chapter shall not apply to any transaction which is regulated by Chapter 2b (commencing with Section 2981) of this title.
• § 2991 — Any prospective assignee that provides a lessor under a lease contract with any preprinted form for use as a lease contract shall, upon the request of a lessor, provide the lessor with a Spanish langu
• § 2992 — A prospective assignee that provides a lessor under a lease contract with a preprinted form for use as a lease contract shall design the form in such a manner so as to provide on its face sufficient s
• § 2993 — A holder of a lease contract, or the agent of a holder, who has received a notice pursuant to Section 7507.
• § 2995 — No real estate developer shall require as a condition precedent to the transfer of real property containing a single family residential dwelling that escrow services effectuating such transfer shall b
• § 3 — No part of it is retroactive, unless expressly so declared.
• § 3040 — (a) No lien asserted by a licensee of the Department of Managed Care or the Department of Insurance, and no lien of a medical group or an independent practice association, to the extent that it assert
• § 3045.1 — Every person, partnership, association, corporation, public entity, or other institution or body maintaining a hospital licensed under the laws of this state which furnishes emergency and ongoing medi
• § 3045.2 — The lien shall apply whether the damages are recovered, or are to be recovered, by judgment, settlement, or compromise.
• § 3045.3 — A lien shall not be effective, however, unless a written notice containing the name and address of the injured person, the date of the accident, the name and location of the hospital, the amount claim
• § 3045.4 — Any person, firm, or corporation, including, but not limited to, an insurance carrier, making any payment to the injured person, or to his or her attorney, heirs, or legal representative, for the inju
• § 3045.5 — The person, partnership, association, corporation or other institution or body maintaining the hospital may, at any time within one year after the date of the payment to the injured person, or to his
• § 3045.6 — The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any claim or cause of action against a common carrier subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission or the Interstate Commerce Commis
• § 3046 — One who sells real property has a vendor’s lien thereon, independent of possession, for so much of the price as remains unpaid and unsecured otherwise than by the personal obligation of the buyer.
• § 3047 — Where a buyer of real property gives to the seller a written contract for payment of all or part of the price, an absolute transfer of such contract by the seller waives his lien to the extent of the
• § 3048 — The liens defined in Sections 3046 and 3050 are valid against every one claiming under the debtor, except a purchaser or incumbrancer in good faith and for value.
• § 3050 — One who pays to the owner any part of the price of real property, under an agreement for the sale thereof, has a special lien upon the property, independent of possession, for such part of the amount
• § 3051 — Every person who, while lawfully in possession of an article of personal property, renders any service to the owner thereof, by labor or skill, employed for the protection, improvement, safekeeping, o
• § 3051.5 — (a) A carrier has a lien on freight in its possession for the total amount owed the carrier by the shipper for freightage, charges for services and advances due on freight previously delivered upon th
• § 3051.6 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a carrier has a lien on freight in its possession for the total amount owed to the carrier by the owner or beneficial owner of the cargo being shipped for th
• § 3051a — That portion of any lien, as provided for in the next preceding section, in excess of three hundred dollars ($300) for any work, services, or care, or in excess of two hundred dollars ($200) for any s
• § 3052 — If the person entitled to the lien provided in Section 3051 is not paid the amount due, and for which such lien is given, within 10 days after the same shall have become due, then such lienholder may
• § 3052.5 — (a) Sections 3052 and 3052b shall not apply to any service dealer registered with the Bureau of Repair Services pursuant to Chapter 20 (commencing with Section 9800) of Division 3 of the Business and
• § 3052a — Every person, firm, or corporation, engaged in performing work upon any watch, clock or jewelry, for a price, shall have a lien upon the watch, clock, or jewelry for the amount of any account that may
• § 3052b — (a) The procedure in this section shall be an alternative to the lien-sale procedure provided in Section 3052, but applies only to liens under Section 3051 for charges not exceeding one hundred fifty
• § 3053 — A factor has a general lien, dependent on possession, for all that is due to him as such, upon all articles of commercial value that are intrusted to him by the same principal.
• § 3054 — (a) A banker, or a savings and loan association, has a general lien, dependent on possession, upon all property in their hands belonging to a customer, for the balance due to the banker or savings and
• § 3059 — The liens of mechanics, for materials and services upon real property, are regulated by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 8400) of Title 2 of Part 6 of Division 4.
• § 3060 — (a) As used in this section, “mine” means a mining claim or real property worked on as a mine including, but not limited to, any quarry or pit, from which rock, gravel, sand, or any other mineral-cont
• § 3061 — Every person performing work or labor in, with, about, or upon any barley crusher, threshing machine or engine, horsepower, wagon, or other appliance thereof, while engaged in crushing or threshing, h
• § 3061.5 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), any person who as an employee shall, by their own labor, do or perform any work harvesting or transporting harvested crops or farm products as defined in Sec
• § 3061.6 — (a) The lien created by Section 3061.
• § 3062 — Every owner or person having in charge any stallion, jack, or bull, used for propagating purposes, has a lien for the agreed price of its service upon any mare or cow and upon the offspring of such se
• § 3063 — Every claimant of a lien provided for in the preceding section must, within 90 days after the service on account of which the lien is claimed, record in the office of the county recorder of the county
• § 3064 — An action to enforce any lien created under Section 3062 may be brought in any county wherein any of the property subject thereto may be found, and the plaintiff is entitled to the remedies provided i
• § 3064.1 — Every person who wilfully advertises any cattle, horse, sheep, swine, or other domestic animal for purposes of copulation or profit as having a pedigree other than the true pedigree of such animal sha
• § 3065 — Any person who shall, by his own labor, or by using his livestock, machinery or appliances, or both, do or perform any work or render any service in connection with felling, preparing or transporting
• § 3065a — The lien created by the last preceding section shall continue in force for a period of 30 days from the time the person claiming such lien shall have ceased to do or perform the work or render the ser
• § 3065b — As used in the next preceding section the words “the time the person claiming such lien shall have ceased to do or perform the work or render the service for which said lien is claimed” shall be const
• § 3065c — Whenever any faller, bucker, or millhand has a lien pursuant to Section 3065 and has not been paid for his labor by the contractor employing him, and money is owing to such contractor by a mill operat
• § 3066 — (a) Any garment, clothing, wearing apparel or household goods remaining in the possession of a person, firm, partnership or corporation, on which cleaning, pressing, glazing or washing has been done o
• § 3067 — Words used in this chapter which are defined in Division 1 of the Vehicle Code shall have the same meaning as in the Vehicle Code.
• § 3067.1 — All forms required pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be prescribed by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
• § 3067.2 — This chapter shall not apply to any manufactured home, as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code, to any mobilehome, as defined in Section 18008 of the Health and Safety Code, or to an
• § 3068 — (a) Every person has a lien dependent upon possession for the compensation to which the person is legally entitled for making repairs or performing labor upon, and furnishing supplies or materials for
• § 3068.1 — (a) (1) Every person has a lien dependent upon possession for the compensation to which the person is legally entitled for towing, storage, or labor associated with recovery or load salvage of any veh
• § 3068.2 — (a) A tow truck operator who has a lien on a vehicle pursuant to Section 3068.
• § 3069 — Any lien provided for in this chapter for labor or materials, or for storage or safekeeping of a vehicle when abandoned on private property may be assigned by written instrument accompanied by deliver
• § 3070 — (a) Whenever the possessory lien upon any vehicle is lost through trick, fraud, or device, the repossession of the vehicle by the lienholder revives the possessory lien but any lien so revived is subo
• § 3071 — (a) A lienholder shall apply to the department for the issuance of an authorization to conduct a lien sale pursuant to this section for any vehicle with a value determined to be over four thousand dol
• § 3071.5 — (a) A registered or legal owner of a vehicle in the possession of a person holding a lien under this chapter may release any interest in the vehicle after the lien has arisen.
• § 3072 — (a) For vehicles with a value determined to be four thousand dollars ($4,000) or less, the lienholder shall apply to the department for the names and addresses of the registered and legal owners of re
• § 3073 — The proceeds of a vehicle lien sale under this article shall be disposed of as follows: (a) The amount necessary to discharge the lien and the cost of processing the vehicle shall be paid to the lienh
• § 3074 — The lienholder may charge a fee for lien sale preparations not to exceed seventy dollars ($70) in the case of a vehicle having a value determined to be four thousand dollars ($4,000) or less and not t
• § 3080 — As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Livestock” means any cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or horse, mule, or other equine.
• § 3080.01 — A livestock servicer shall have a general lien upon the livestock in its possession to secure the performance of all obligations of the owner of the livestock to the livestock servicer for both of the
• § 3080.02 — In addition to any other rights and remedies provided by law, a lienholder may: (a) Retain possession of the livestock and charge the owner for the reasonable value of providing livestock services to
• § 3080.03 — Upon the filing of the complaint, or at any time thereafter prior to judgment, the lienholder may apply to the court in which the action was commenced for an order authorizing sale of livestock.
• § 3080.04 — The notice of application and hearing shall inform the defendant of all of the following: (a) The date, time and place of the hearing on the application; (b) That the order will issue if the court fin
• § 3080.05 — (a) If a defendant desires to oppose the issuance of an order authorizing sale the defendant shall file and serve upon the lienholder a notice of opposition no later than three days prior to the date
• § 3080.06 — (a) At the hearing, the court shall consider the showing made by the parties and shall issue an order authorizing the sale of the livestock if it finds all of the following: (1) The claim upon which t
• § 3080.07 — (a) After hearing, the court may issue an order denying the lienholder’s application if it finds that: (1) A sale is not necessary prior to judgment; and (2) The defendant has filed an undertaking pur
• § 3080.08 — (a) The court’s findings at the hearing shall be made upon the basis of the pleadings and other papers in the record.
• § 3080.09 — (a) At any time after the lienholder has filed a complaint and claimed a lien under this chapter, or at any time after the owner of the livestock has commenced an action to recover possession of the l
• § 3080.10 — After hearing, the court may enter an order directing the lienholder to release all or a portion of the livestock to the owner, or to the owner’s agent.
• § 3080.11 — The undertaking to be substituted for livestock shall be by the owner to pay to the lienholder an amount equal to the sum of (1) the fair market value of the livestock sought to be recovered, and (2)
• § 3080.15 — (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, or upon noticed hearing as provided in this chapter, no order authorizing sale or order for substitution of undertaking for livestock may issue unless it a
• § 3080.16 — (a) Except as otherwise specified by the order authorizing sale or as agreed to by the parties after the lien has arisen, a sale of livestock under this chapter may be held in bulk or in parcels, at w
• § 3080.17 — Except as otherwise agreed or specified by order of court, notice of sale shall be given as follows: (a) A notice in writing of the date, time and place of sale shall be delivered personally or be dep
• § 3080.18 — (a) Any sale of which notice is delivered or mailed and published as provided in this chapter and which is held as provided in this chapter is a public sale.
• § 3080.19 — (a) A sale of livestock held pursuant to this chapter shall: (1) Transfer to a purchaser for value all of the owner’s rights in the livestock; and (2) Discharge the lien under which the sale is made a
• § 3080.20 — (a) The owner of livestock or any other person claiming an interest in livestock may release its interest in the livestock at any time after the lien has arisen.
• § 3080.21 — At any time after a lien has arisen, the lienholder may propose to retain any portion or all of the livestock in satisfaction of any portion or all of the claim against the owner or other person indeb
• § 3080.22 — Any lien provided for in this chapter may be assigned by written instrument accompanied by delivery of possession of the livestock, subject to the lien, and the assignee may exercise the rights of a l
• § 3081 — Any corporation engaged in the business of renting to the public safe deposit boxes may dispose of the unclaimed contents of the safe deposit boxes in the manner set forth in Sections 1660 to 1679, in
• § 3100 — For purposes of this title, the following definitions apply: (a) “Application-agnostic” means not differentiating on the basis of source, destination, Internet content, application, service, or device
• § 3101 — (a) It shall be unlawful for a fixed Internet service provider, insofar as the provider is engaged in providing fixed broadband Internet access service, to engage in any of the following activities: (
• § 3102 — (a) It shall be unlawful for a fixed Internet service provider to offer or provide services other than broadband Internet access service that are delivered over the same last-mile connection as the br
• § 3103 — (a) Nothing in this title supersedes any obligation or authorization a fixed or mobile Internet service provider may have to address the needs of emergency communications or law enforcement, public sa
• § 3104 — Notwithstanding Section 3268 or any other law, any waiver of the provisions of this title is contrary to public policy and shall be unenforceable and void.
• § 3110 — For purposes of this title, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Artificial intelligence” means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for expl
• § 3111 — On or before January 1, 2026, and before each time thereafter that a generative artificial intelligence system or service, or a substantial modification to a generative artificial intelligence system
• § 3120 — This title shall be known, and may be cited, as the Digital Equity Bill of Rights.
• § 3121 — The Legislature finds and declares that digital equity, in which all individuals and communities have the information technology capacity needed for full participation in society, democracy, and the e
• § 3122 — (a) It is the principle of the state, to ensure digital equity for all its residents, that residents shall have access to all of the following: (1) Broadband that is sufficient and reliable, with inte
• § 3123 — (a) This title does not create a private right of action against the state to enforce this title.
• § 3268 — Except where it is otherwise declared, the provisions of the foregoing titles of this part, in respect to the rights and obligations of parties to contracts, are subordinate to the intention of the pa
• § 3269 — For purposes of this title, the following definitions apply: (a) “Year 2000 Problem” means any expected or actual computing, physical, enterprise, or distribution system complications that may occur i
• § 3270 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person that discloses information regarding the Year 2000 Problem or any potential solutions to the problem, including, but not limited to, those persons describ
• § 3271 — (a) Section 3270 shall not apply if the claimant in an action described in that section establishes that the Year 2000 Problem information disclosure was all of the following: (1) Material.
• § 3273 — (a) It is unlawful for a person, firm, corporation, or association that is a nongovernmental entity and contracts to perform public health and safety labor or services for a public agency to display o
• § 3273.01 — This title is known, and may be cited, as the “COVID-19 Small Landlord and Homeowner Relief Act of 2020.