§ 1107 Property Grant Conclusiveness

Civil Code·California

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This law says that when someone sells or gives away their property, they can't later claim they still own it. The new owner gets to keep it, unless someone else buys it first and records the paperwork properly.

Key Takeaways

•Once you sell or give away your property, you can't take it back.
•The new owner keeps the property unless someone else buys it first and records the sale.
•Recording the sale (filing paperwork) is important to protect the new owner.

Example

Imagine you sell your house to your neighbor, but then try to sell it again to someone else.

The first buyer who records the sale at the county office gets to keep the house. You can't take it back or sell it again.

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§ 1107 Property Grant Conclusiveness

Every grant of an estate in real property is conclusive against the grantor, also against every one subsequently claiming under him, except a purchaser or incumbrancer who in good faith and for a valuable consideration acquires a title or lien by an instrument that is first duly recorded. (Enacted 1872.)

Last verified: January 9, 2026

Key Terms

grant of an estate real property purchaser or incumbrancer good faith valuable consideration duly recorded

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Civil Code. Section 1107.

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