§ 1215 Real Property Conveyance Definition

Civil Code·California

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This law says that the word 'conveyance' includes any written document that creates, transfers, mortgages, or affects ownership of real estate, but it does not include wills.

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•A conveyance is any written document that deals with real estate ownership, like deeds or mortgages.
•The definition covers creating, selling, mortgaging, or encumbering property.
•Wills are excluded from this definition.

Example

When someone signs a deed to sell their house to a buyer.

The signed deed is a conveyance because it transfers ownership of the property, and the law treats it the same as other written instruments that affect real estate ownership.

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§ 1215 Real Property Conveyance Definition

The term “conveyance,” as used in Sections 1213 and 1214, embraces every instrument in writing by which any estate or interest in real property is created, aliened, mortgaged, or incumbered, or by which the title to any real property may be affected, except wills. (Enacted 1872.)

Last verified: January 9, 2026

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conveyance real property wills

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Civil Code. Section 1215.

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