California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 1108

A grant made by the owner of an estate for life or years, purporting to transfer a greater estate than he could lawfully transfer, does not work a forfeiture of his estate, but passes to the grantee all the estate which the grantor could lawfully transfer.

Cite this section

Cal. Civ. Code § 1108 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/civ/division-2-property/part-4-acquisition-of-property/title-4-transfer/chapter-2-transfer-of-real-property/article-2-effect-of-transfer/section-1108

Other sections in Article 2 - Effect of Transfer

§ 1104§ 1105§ 1106§ 1107§ 1108§ 1109§ 1111§ 1113§ 1115§ 1133§ 1134

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