If there is no law to the contrary, in the place where personal property is situated, it is deemed to follow the person of its owner, and is governed by the law of his domicile.
Cal. Civ. Code § 946
PERSONAL PROPERTY IN GENERAL
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case 45 Cal. 2d 235 - Smith v. Smith (1955)
Most recently applied in David Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection (May 2023)
Added by Code Amendments 1875-76, Ch. 167.
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