A mortgage can be created, renewed, or extended, only by writing, executed with the formalities required in the case of a grant of real property.
Cal. Civ. Code § 2922
Mortgages in General
Applied in 22 court decisions — leading case Southern Pacific Co. v. Prosser (1898)
Most recently applied in 236 Cal. App. 4th 411 - Granadino v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (April 2015)
Enacted 1872.
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