All contracts for the forfeiture of property subject to a lien, in satisfaction of the obligation secured thereby, and all contracts in restraint of the right of redemption from a lien, are void.
Cal. Civ. Code § 2889
Effect of Liens
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case 24 Cal. 2d 1 - Beeler v. American Trust Co. (1944)
Most recently applied in 145 Cal. App. 4th 1039 - Wachovia Bank v. LIFETIME INDUSTRIES, INC. (December 2006)
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.
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