Civ. Code, § 880.340 · Article 3. Preservation of Interests
Civ. Code, § 880.340
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Subject to all statutory requirements for recorded documents, a notice of intent to preserve an interest in real property shall be in substantially the following form:
RECORDING INFORMATION
Recording requested by: FOR USE OF COUNTY RECORDER
After recording return to: Indexing instructions. This notice must be indexed as follows: Grantor and grantee index—each claimant is a grantor.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO PRESERVE INTEREST
This notice is intended to preserve an interest in real property from extinguishment pursuant to Title 5 (commencing with Section 880.020) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil Code (Marketable Record Title).
Claimant Name:
Mailing address: (must be given for each claimant)
Interest Character (e.g., power of termination): Record location of document creating or evidencing interest in claimant:
Real Property Legal description (may be same as in recorded document creating or evidencing interest in claimant):
I assert under penalty of perjury that this notice is not recorded for the purpose of slandering title to real property and I am informed and believe that the information contained in this notice is true. If this notice is made on behalf of a claimant, I assert under penalty of perjury that I am authorized to act on behalf of the claimant.
Signed: ______ (claimant) ______ (person acting on behalf of claimant) Date: ______
Certificate of acknowledgment required.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 94, Sec. 1. (AB 1642) Effective January 1, 2013.
Formatting
u: Indexing instructions.
u: Claimant
u: Interest
u: e.g.
u: Real Property
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