California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 2 — Property, Part 4 — Acquisition of Property, Title 3 — Accession, Chapter 2 — Accession to Personal Property, Section 1031
The foregoing sections of this Article are not applicable to cases in which one willfully uses the materials of another without his consent; but, in such cases, the product belongs to the owner of the material, if its identity can be traced.
Notes
Exempts cases from the preceding accession rules when a person willfully uses another’s materials without consent. In that situation, if the materials’ identity can still be traced, the resulting product belongs to the owner of those materials rather than being allocated under the otherwise applicable preceding provisions.
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