Code Civ. Proc., § 770.020 · Article 1. Identity of Person in Chain of Title
Code Civ. Proc., § 770.020
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If property is acquired or stands of record in the name of a person who heretofore or hereafter transfers the property under a name other than or different from the name in which the property is acquired or stands of record, a proceeding is authorized to adjudicate and determine the identity of the person in whose name the property is acquired or stands of record and the person who transfers the property.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 16.
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