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HomeCommercial CodeDiv. 10Ch. 3§ 10308 Creditor Rights In Leases

§ 10308 Creditor Rights In Leases

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§ 10308 Creditor Rights In Leases

This law says that if someone owes money and tries to hide their stuff by pretending to lease it, the people they owe money to can say the lease is fake and take the stuff back.

Key Takeaways

  • •If you owe money, you can't pretend to lease your stuff to hide it from people you owe.
  • •If you really lease something in a normal way and not to trick anyone, it’s usually okay.
  • •If someone buys something in good faith and leases it back to the seller, that’s usually not seen as hiding stuff.

Example

A person owes a lot of money to a bank. To hide their car from the bank, they pretend to lease it to a friend but still keep and use the car themselves.

The bank can say the lease is fake and take the car to pay off the debt because the person was just trying to hide what they own.

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

Official Source
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§ 10308 Creditor Rights In Leases

(a) A creditor of a lessor in possession of goods subject to a lease contract may treat the lease contract as void if as against the creditor retention of possession by the lessor is fraudulent or void under any statute or rule of law, but retention of possession in good faith and current course of trade by the lessor for a commercially reasonable time after the lease contract becomes enforceable is not fraudulent or void. (b) Nothing in this division impairs the rights of creditors of a lessor if the lease contract is made under circumstances which under any statute or rule of law apart from this division would constitute the transaction a fraudulent transfer or voidable preference. (c) A creditor of a seller may treat a sale or an identification of goods to a contract for sale as void if as against the creditor retention of possession by the seller is fraudulent under any statute or rule of law, but retention of possession of the goods pursuant to a lease contract entered into by the seller as lessee and the buyer as lessor in connection with the sale or identification of the goods is not fraudulent if the buyer bought for value and in good faith. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 111, Sec. 29. Effective July 15, 1991.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

creditorlessorlease contractfraudulentvoidcommer

Related Statutes

  • § 10306 Lien Priority Over Leases
  • § 10310 Lease Priority For Accessions
  • § 10301 Lease Contract Enforcement
  • § 10302 Lease Title And Possession
  • § 10304 Subsequent Leasehold Interest Transfer

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Commercial Code. Section 10308.
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