A grant takes effect, so as to vest the interest intended to be transferred, only upon its delivery by the grantor.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1054
Mode of Transfer
Applied in 25 court decisions — leading case Tregambo v. Comanche Mill & Mining Co. (1881)
Most recently applied in 185 Cal. App. 4th 668 - Luna v. Brownell (June 2010)
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.