A transfer may be made without writing, in every case in which a writing is not expressly required by statute.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1052
Mode of Transfer
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1756, AFL-CIO v. Superior Court (2009)
Most recently applied in Hearn Pacific Corp. v. Second Generation Roofing, Inc. (May 2016)
Enacted 1872.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.