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Summary of California Law (10th), Personal Property
I. INTRODUCTION.
<d2.o n="A. Nature of Property and Ownership.
<d3.o n="1. Ownership.
<d4.o n="(a) [§1] General
Meaning.
<d4.o n="(b) [§2] Special
Meanings.
<d3.o n="2. Property.
<d4.o n="(a) [§3] General
Meaning.
<d4.o n="(b) [§4] Special
Meanings.
<d2.o n="B. Limitations on Ownership.
<d3.o n="1. Dead Body.
<d4.o n="(a) [§5] Remains To
Be Buried.
<d4.o n="(b) Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
<d5.o n="(1) In General.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§6] Nature and
Purpose.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§7] Powers and
Duties of Coroner.
<d6.o n="(cc) [§8] Removal of
Organs Before Inquest or Autopsy.
<d6.o n="(dd) [§9] Removal on
Request From Hospital, Physician, or Procurement Organization.
<d6.o n="(ee) [§10] Removal of
Tissue by Embalmer.
<d6.o n="(ff) [§11] Immunity
From Tort Liability.
<d5.o n="(2) [§12] Donors.
<d5.o n="(3) [§13] Organ and
Tissue Donor Registry.
<d5.o n="(4) Making Gift.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§14] Authorized
Methods.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§15] Driver's License or Identification
Card.
<d6.o n="(cc) [§16] Delivery,
Amendment, or Revocation.
<d6.o n="(dd) [§17] Search for
Document of Gift.
<d5.o n="(5) [§18] Donees and
Acceptance.
<d5.o n="(6) [§19] Time of
Death.
<d3.o n="2. [§20] Body
Tissue and Cells.
<d3.o n="3. [§21] Wild
Animals and Fish.
<d3.o n="4. [§22] Public
Office.
<d3.o n="5. Personal Name.
<d4.o n="(a) [§23] In
General.
<d4.o n="(b) [§24] Right To
Change Name.
<d4.o n="(c) [§25] Right To
Sue or Be Sued in Any Name.
(d) [§25A] (New) Right To Maintain or
Change Name Following Marriage or Domestic Partnership Registration.
<d3.o n="6. [§26] Illegally
Possessed Property.
<d2.o n="C. Methods of Acquisition and Ownership.
<d3.o n="1. [§27] In
General.
<d3.o n="2. [§28] Future
Interests in Personal Property.
<d3.o n="3. [§29] Equitable
Servitudes in Chattels.
<d3.o n="4. Joint Tenancy in Personal Property.
<d4.o n="(a) In General.
<d5.o n="(1) [§30] Nature of
Joint Tenancy.
<d5.o n="(2) Termination of Tenancy.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§31] In
General.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§32] Unilateral
Severance.
<d5.o n="(3) [§33] Proceeds
of Joint Tenancy Property.
<d4.o n="(b) [§34] Safe
Deposit Boxes.
<d3.o n="5. [§35] Coownership
of Automobile.
<d3.o n="6. Unclaimed Property Law.
<d4.o n="(a) In General.
<d5.o n="(1) [§36] Former
Law.
<d5.o n="(2) Revised Unclaimed Property Law.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§37] Purpose of
Revision.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§38] Nature of
Law.
<d5.o n="(3) [§39] Other
Statutes Dealing With Unclaimed Property.
<d4.o n="(b) [§40] Escheat of
Unclaimed Personal Property.
<d4.o n="(c) [§41] Exemptions.
<d4.o n="(d) [§42] Procedure
in Escheating Property.
<d4.o n="(e) [§43] Claim by
Owner of Interest.
<d4.o n="(f) [§44] Claim by
Another State.
<d3.o n="7. [§45] Partition
of Personal Property.
<d2.o n="D. Literary and Artistic Property.
<d3.o n="1. State Protection.
<d4.o n="(a) [§46] Former
Law.
<d4.o n="(b) [§47] Revised
Statutes.
<d4.o n="(c) [§48] Reproduction
Rights in Fine Arts.
<d4.o n="(d) [§49] Fine Arts
Resale Royalties Act.
<d4.o n="(e) Fine Arts Protection Against Alteration.
<d5.o n="(1) [§50] Purpose
and Nature of Act.
<d5.o n="(2) [§51] Prohibition
of Alteration.
<d5.o n="(3) [§52] Rights of
Artist.
<d5.o n="(4) [§53] Removal of
Work From Building.
<d5.o n="(5) [§54] Remedies
of Artist.
<d4.o n="(f) [§55] Preservation
of Integrity of Fine Art.
<d4.o n="(g) [§56] Audit
Rights of Sound Recording Royalty Recipient.
<d3.o n="2. Federal Statutory Copyright.
<d4.o n="(a) [§57] In
General.
<d4.o n="(b) Revision of Copyright Law.
<d5.o n="(1) [§58] Nature of
Protection.
<d5.o n="(2) Preemption of State Law.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§59] In
General.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§60] Preemption
Confined to State Copyright Laws.
<d4.o n="(c) Additions to Copyright Law.
<d5.o n="(1) [§61] Visual
Artists Rights Act.
<d5.o n="(2) [§62] Digital
Millenium Copyright Act.
<d4.o n="(d) Properties Within Copyright Protection.
<d5.o n="(1) [§63] In
General.
<d5.o n="(2) [§64] Computer
Software.
<d5.o n="(3) [§65] Compilations
of Facts.
<d4.o n="(e) [§66] Infringement.
<d4.o n="(f) [§67] Fair Use
Doctrine.
<d4.o n="(g) [§68] Miscellaneous
Provisions of Act.
<d3.o n="3. Ideas.
<d4.o n="(a) [§69] No
Property Right.
<d4.o n="(b) Contractual Protection.
<d5.o n="(1) [§70] Transfer
of Idea as Consideration.
<d5.o n="(2) [§71] Novelty or
Concreteness Not Required.
<d4.o n="(c) [§72] Distinction:
Rights in Ideas Nonassignable.
<d3.o n="4. [§73] Titles.
<d2.o n="E. Inventions.
<d3.o n="1. [§74] Common Law
Right During Possession.
<d3.o n="2. Federal Patent Law.
<d4.o n="(a) Nature of Protection.
<d5.o n="(1) [§75] In
General.
<d5.o n="(2) [§76] Infringement.
<d5.o n="(3) [§77] Transfer
and License.
<d4.o n="(b) [§78] What
Constitutes Patentable Invention.
<d3.o n="3. [§79] Right To
Use Unpatented Article.
<d3.o n="4. [§80] Right To
Use Expired Patent.
<d2.o n="F. Trademarks and Trade Names.
<d3.o n="1. Trademarks.
<d4.o n="(a) [§81] Nature of
Trademark.
<d4.o n="(b) [§82] Methods of
Protection.
<d4.o n="(c) [§83] Transfer
of Trademark.
<d4.o n="(d) [§84] What Cannot
Be Trademarks.
<d4.o n="(e) [§85] State
Registration.
<d4.o n="(f) [§86] Federal
Registration.
<d3.o n="2. Trade Names.
<d4.o n="(a) [§87] Nature of
Protection.
<d4.o n="(b) [§88] What
Cannot Be Trade Names.
<d3.o n="3. [§89] Other
Protected Names and Insignia.
<d2.o n="G. Real and Personal Property.
<d3.o n="1. In General.
<d4.o n="(a) [§90] Test of
Mobility.
<d4.o n="(b) [§91] Water.
<d4.o n="(c) [§92] Growing
Crops and Trees.
<d4.o n="(d) [§93] Standing
Timber.
<d3.o n="2. Fixtures.
<d4.o n="(a) In General.
<d5.o n="(1) [§94] Nature of
Doctrine and Tests.
<d5.o n="(2) Illustrations.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§95] Property
Held To Be Fixtures.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§96] Property
Held Not Affixed.
<d5.o n="(3) [§97] Agreement
and Constructive Severance.
<d5.o n="(4) The Removal Statute.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§98] Nature of
Statute.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§99] Fixtures
Installed by Tenant.
<d6.o n="(cc) [§100] Fixtures
Installed by Buyer.
<d6.o n="(dd) [§101] Fixtures
Installed by Trespasser or Licensee.
<d4.o n="(b) [§102] Fixtures
Installed by Grantor or Mortgagor.
<d4.o n="(c) [§103] Fixtures
Installed by Defaulting Purchaser.
<d4.o n="(d) [§104] Fixtures
Subject to Mechanic's
Lien.
<d4.o n="(e) Fixtures Taxable as Real Property.
<d5.o n="(1) [§105] Trade
Fixtures.
<d5.o n="(2) [§106] Computer
Components.
<d5.o n="(3) [§107] Vessel
Used as Tourist Attraction.
<d5.o n="(4) [§108] No
Immunity From Sales Tax.
<d4.o n="(f) [§109] Fixtures
Condemned as Real Property.
<d2.o n="H. Conflict of Laws.
<d3.o n="1. In General.
<d4.o n="(a) [§110] Restatement
2d.
<d4.o n="(b) [§111] Commercial
Code.
<d3.o n="2. [§112] Conveyances.
<d3.o n="3. [§113] Powers.
<d3.o n="4. [§114] Encumbrances.
<d3.o n="5. [§115] Effect of
Removal of Property.
<d3.o n="6. [§116] Statutory
Rules on Motor Vehicles.
II. ACQUISITION OF TITLE TO PERSONAL PROPERTY
<d2.o n="A. Finding.
<d3.o n="1. [§117] Finder's Common Law Right of
Possession.
<d3.o n="2. Title by Compliance With Statute.
<d4.o n="(a) [§118] Former
Law and Revision.
<d4.o n="(b) [§119] Duties
and Rights of Finders.
<d4.o n="(c) [§120] Exceptions
and Special Procedures.
<d2.o n="B. Accession and Confusion.
<d3.o n="1. [§121] Accession.
<d3.o n="2. [§122] Confusion.
<d2.o n="C. [§123] Adverse
Possession.
<d2.o n="D. Gift.
<d3.o n="1. [§124] In
General.
<d3.o n="2. [§125] Restatements
2d and 3d.
<d3.o n="3. [§126] Intent To
Make Present Gift.
<d3.o n="4. Delivery.
<d4.o n="(a) [§127] Nature of
Requirement.
<d4.o n="(b) Actual Delivery by Donor.
<d5.o n="(1) [§128] Retention
of Control Negatives Delivery.
<d5.o n="(2) [§129] Delivery
Established.
<d4.o n="(c) [§130] Actual
Delivery Through Third Person.
<d4.o n="(d) [§131] Constructive
or Symbolic Delivery.
<d3.o n="5. [§132] Acceptance.
<d3.o n="6. [§133] Inter
Vivos Gift by Document of Transfer.
<d3.o n="7. Gift in View of Impending Death.
<d4.o n="(a) [§134] Nature
and Presumption.
<d4.o n="(b) [§135] Same
Requisites as Gift Inter Vivos.
<d3.o n="8. Gift of Chose in Action.
<d4.o n="(a) [§136] Chose Not
Evidenced by Writing.
<d4.o n="(b) [§137] Chose
Evidenced by Writing.
<d4.o n="(c) [§138] Life
Insurance Policy.
<d4.o n="(d) Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.
<d5.o n="(1) [§139] Former
Gifts to Minors Act.
<d5.o n="(2) [§140] Transfers
to Minors Act.
<d5.o n="(3) [§141] Nature
and Scope of Act.
<d5.o n="(4) Custodian.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§142] In
General.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§143] Selection,
Removal, and Successor.
<d5.o n="(5) [§144] Who May
Make Transfer.
<d5.o n="(6) [§145] Manner of
Making Transfer.
<d5.o n="(7) [§146] Effect of
Transfer.
<d5.o n="(8) Administration of Custodianship.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§147] Duties
and Compensation of Custodian.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§148] Powers of
Custodian.
<d6.o n="(cc) [§149] Liability
to Third Persons.
<d6.o n="(dd) [§150] Termination
of Custodianship.
<d3.o n="9. Rescission and Revocation.
<d4.o n="(a) [§151] Rescission
for Mistake or Fraud.
<d4.o n="(b) [§152] Rescission
for Undue Influence.
<d4.o n="(c) [§153] Revocation
of Gift in View of Impending Death.
<d4.o n="(d) [§154] Revocation
of Gift in Contemplation of Marriage.
<d3.o n="10. . [§155] Other
Factors Affecting Validity of Gift.
III. BAILMENTS
<d2.o n="A. In General.
<d3.o n="1. [§156] Nature
and Types.
<d3.o n="2. [§157] Title and
Estoppel To Deny.
<d3.o n="3. [§158] Bailee's Right To Sue.
<d3.o n="4. Bailee's
Duty of Care.
<d4.o n="(a) [§159] In
General.
<d4.o n="(b) [§160] Contractual
Modifications.
<d4.o n="(c) Bailment for Hire: Ordinary Care.
<d5.o n="(1) [§161] Kind of
Care and Burden of Proof.
<d5.o n="(2) [§162] Limitation
of Liability to Apparent Value.
<d4.o n="(d) [§163] Gratuitous
Bailment.
<d3.o n="5. [§164] Bailee's Liability for Unauthorized
Use (Deviation).
<d3.o n="6. Bailee's
Liability for Failure To Redeliver.
<d4.o n="(a) [§165] In
General.
<d4.o n="(b) [§166] Where
Third Party Claims Goods.
<d3.o n="7. [§167] Crimes
Involving Commercial Bailments.
<d2.o n="B. Particular Bailees.
<d3.o n="1. Innkeeper.
<d4.o n="(a) [§168] Liability:
In General.
<d4.o n="(b) Exemption From and Limitation of Liability.
<d5.o n="(1) [§169] Exemption:
Fireproof Safe and Notice.
<d5.o n="(2) [§170] Statutory
Limitation to Fixed Sums.
<d5.o n="(3) [§171] What
Constitutes Written Consent.
<d4.o n="(c) [§172] Liability
for Acts of Employees.
<d3.o n="2. Warehouseman.
<d4.o n="(a) Liability.
<d5.o n="(1) [§173] In
General.
<d5.o n="(2) [§174] Failure
To Deliver.
<d4.o n="(b) Limitation of Liability.
<d5.o n="(1) [§175] Former Law.
<d5.o n="(2) [§176] Under
Commercial Code.
<d3.o n="3. Carrier.
<d4.o n="(a) [§177] Common
and Private Carriers.
<d4.o n="(b) Liability and Limitation.
<d5.o n="(1) Liability as Insurer.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§178] California
Law.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§179] Federal
Law.
<d5.o n="(2) [§180] Passenger
Using Free Pass.
<d5.o n="(3) Limitation: Federal Law.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§181] In
General.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§182] Sea and
Air Carriers.
<d5.o n="(4) Limitation: California Law.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§183] Contractual
and Statutory Limitations.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§184] When
Limitation Is Unenforceable.
<d3.o n="4. Vehicle Keeper or Repairer.
<d4.o n="(a) [§185] Liability:
In General.
<d4.o n="(b) [§186] Invalid
Disclaimer of Liability.
<d3.o n="5. Hirer of Personal Property.
<d4.o n="(a) [§187] Applicable
Law.
<d4.o n="(b) Duties and Liabilities of Lessor (Bailor).
<d5.o n="(1) [§188] In
General.
<d5.o n="(2) [§189] Liability
for Negligence.
<d5.o n="(3) [§190] Warranty
and Strict Liability.
<d4.o n="(c) [§191] Liability
of Lessee (Hirer or Bailee).
<d4.o n="(d) [§192] Remedies
of Lessor.
<d4.o n="(e) Vehicle Leasing Act.
<d5.o n="(1) [§193] Nature of
Act.
<d5.o n="(2) [§194] Regulatory
Provisions.
<d5.o n="(3) [§195] Unlawful
Subleasing.
<d4.o n="(f) Uniform Commercial Code--Leases.
<d5.o n="(1) In General.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§196] Adoption
of U.C.C. Division 10.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§197] Scope and
Application of Division.
<d5.o n="(2) Types of Leases.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§198] Consumer
Lease.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§199] Finance
Lease.
<d6.o n="(cc) [§200] Installment
Lease.
<d5.o n="(3) Formation and Construction of Lease Contracts.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§201] Formation
of Contract.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§202] Rules of
Construction.
<d6.o n="(cc) [§203] Modification,
Rescission, and Waiver.
<d5.o n="(4) Warranties.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§204] Express
Warranties.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§205] Implied
Warranties.
<d6.o n="(cc) [§206] Construction
of Warranties.
<d5.o n="(5) [§207] Insurable
Interest and Risk of Loss.
<d5.o n="(6) Transfers of Lease Interests.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§208] Effect of
Provisions Limiting Transfers.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§209] Rights of
Creditors and Subsequent Lessees, Sublessees, and Buyers.
<d5.o n="(7) Performance of Lease Contract.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§210] Repudiation.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§211] Substituted
or Excused Performance.
<d5.o n="(8) [§212] Acceptance
or Rejection of Goods.
<d5.o n="(9) Remedies.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§213] In
General.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§214] Default
by Lessor.
<d6.o n="(cc) [§215] Default
by Lessee.
IV. LIENS
<d2.o n="A. [§216] Nature
and Kinds of Liens.
<d2.o n="B. Possessory Liens.
<d3.o n="1. [§217] In
General.
<d3.o n="2. [§218] Requisites
of Lien.
<d3.o n="3. Termination of Lien.
<d4.o n="(a) [§219] In
General.
<d4.o n="(b) [§220] Relinquishment
of Possession.
<d2.o n="C. [§221] Nonpossessory
Liens.
<d2.o n="D. Particular Statutory Liens.
<d3.o n="1. Innkeeper's (Hotelkeeper's)
Lien.
<d4.o n="(a) [§222] Nature
and Scope.
<d4.o n="(b) [§223] Exemptions.
<d4.o n="(c) Enforcement.
<d5.o n="(1) [§224] In
General.
<d5.o n="(2) [§225] Landlord's Possession During Pendency
of Action.
<d5.o n="(3) Innkeeper's Possession During Pendency of Action.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§226] Application,
Writ, and Restraining Order.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§227] Levy on
Property.
<d3.o n="2. Warehouseman's Lien.
<d4.o n="(a) [§228] Nature
and Effect.
<d4.o n="(b) [§229] Enforcement.
<d3.o n="3. [§230] Self-Service
Storage Facility Owner's
Lien.
<d3.o n="4. [§231] Carrier's Lien.
<d3.o n="5. [§232] Household
Goods Carrier's Lien.
<d3.o n="6. Improvers' and Storage Liens.
<d4.o n="(a) In General.
<d5.o n="(1) [§233] Statutory
List.
<d5.o n="(2) [§234] Nature
and Effect.
<d5.o n="(3) [§235] Enforcement.
<d5.o n="(4) [§236] Where
Charges Do Not Exceed $150.
<d4.o n="(b) Garagekeeper's Lien.
<d5.o n="(1) [§237] In
General.
<d5.o n="(2) Lien Sale Procedure.
<d6.o n="(aa) [§238] In
General.
<d6.o n="(bb) [§239] Vehicle
Valued Over Specified Amount.
<d6.o n="(cc) [§240] Vehicle
Not Over Specified Value.
<d6.o n="(dd) [§241] Vehicle
Removed by Public Agency.
<d4.o n="(c) [§242] Towing
and Storage Lien.
<d4.o n="(d) [§243] Aircraft
Keeper's or Repairer's Lien.
<d3.o n="7. [§244] Hospital's Lien on Damages.
8. [§245]
Agricultural Supply
Liens.