California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 4 — Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions, Title 6 — Service, Chapter 3 — Service Without Employment, Article 1 — Voluntary Interference with Property, Section 2078
One who officiously, and without the consent of the real or apparent owner of a thing, takes it into his possession for the purpose of rendering a service about it, must complete such service, and use ordinary care, diligence, and reasonable skill about the same. He is not entitled to any compensation for his service or expenses, except that he may deduct actual and necessary expenses incurred by him about such service from any profits which his service has caused the thing to acquire for its owner, and must account to the owner for the residue.
Notes
Requires a person who, without the owner’s consent, takes possession of a thing to render a service to complete the service using ordinary care, diligence, and reasonable skill. Bars compensation, except deduction of actual necessary expenses from profits the service created for the owner, and requires the remaining profits to be accounted for to the owner.
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