California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 10.5 — Partition of Real and Personal Property, Chapter 5 — Division of the Property, Section 873.230
Where prior to the commencement of the action a party has executed a deed purporting to convey to a purchaser a portion of the property to be divided, to the extent it can be done without material injury to the rights of the other parties, the property shall be so divided as to allot that portion to the purchaser, the purchaser’s heirs or assigns, or such other action taken as to make the deed effectual as a conveyance of that portion of the property.
Notes
Requires property, when possible without material injury to other parties’ rights, to be divided so a portion previously conveyed by a party’s deed is allotted to the purchaser, heirs, or assigns, or otherwise handled to make the deed effective as a conveyance of that portion.
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