California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 2 — Property, Part 4 — Acquisition of Property, Title 4 — Transfer, Chapter 2 — Transfer of Real Property, Article 2 — Effect of Transfer, Section 1106

Where a person purports by proper instrument to grant real property in fee simple, and subsequently acquires any title, or claim of title thereto, the same passes by operation of law to the grantee, or his successors.

Notes

Establishes that when a person properly purports to grant real property in fee simple and later acquires title or a claim of title to that property, the later-acquired interest passes automatically by operation of law to the grantee or the grantee’s successors.

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