California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 2 — Property, Part 4 — Acquisition of Property, Title 4 — Transfer, Chapter 4 — Recording Transfers, Article 4 — Effect of Recording, or the Want Thereof, Section 1214
Every conveyance of real property or an estate for years therein, other than a lease for a term not exceeding one year, is void as against any subsequent purchaser or mortgagee of the same property, or any part thereof, in good faith and for a valuable consideration, whose conveyance is first duly recorded, and as against any judgment affecting the title, unless the conveyance shall have been duly recorded prior to the record of notice of action.
Notes
Bars an unrecorded conveyance of real property or an estate for years exceeding one year from prevailing against a later good-faith purchaser or mortgagee for value whose conveyance is first duly recorded, or against a title-affecting judgment when the conveyance was not recorded before notice of the action.
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