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HomeCivil CodeDiv. 2Pt. 4Ch. 2Art. 1§ 1093 Property Description Consolidation

§ 1093 Property Description Consolidation

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§ 1093 Property Description Consolidation

This law says that even if multiple pieces of land are listed together in one document, they stay separate unless the owner clearly writes that they want them combined.

Key Takeaways

  • •If land is listed together in a document, it doesn’t automatically become one piece of land.
  • •The owner must write clearly that they want the land combined for it to become one piece.
  • •This law just explains how things already worked—it didn’t change anything.

Example

A person owns two empty lots next to each other. They sell both lots in one deed but don’t write that they want the lots to become one big lot.

The two lots stay separate, even though they were sold together in one paper. The buyer still owns two lots, not one big combined lot.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 1093 Property Description Consolidation

Absent the express written statement of the grantor contained therein, the consolidation of separate and distinct legal descriptions of real property contained in one or more deeds, mortgages, patents, deeds of trust, contracts of sale, or other instruments of conveyance or security documents, into a subsequent single deed, mortgage, patent, deed of trust, contract of sale, or other instrument of conveyance or security document (whether by means of an individual listing of the legal descriptions in a subsequent single instrument of conveyance or security document, or by means of a consolidated legal description comprised of more than one previously separate and distinct legal description), does not operate in any manner to alter or affect the separate and distinct nature of the real property so described in the subsequent single instrument of conveyance or security document containing either the listing of or the consolidated legal description of the parcels so conveyed or secured thereby. This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the existing law. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 911, Sec. 1.)

Last verified: January 9, 2026

Key Terms

express written statementconsolidationseparate and distinct legal descriptionsreal propertygrantor

Related Statutes

  • § 1092 Real Property Grant Form
  • § 1098 Transfer Fee Exemptions
  • § 1098.5 Transfer Fee Recording Requirements
  • § 2931 Foreclosure Of Redemption Right
  • § 3305 Incumbrance Breach Damages

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Civil Code. Section 1093.
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