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.

(Enacted 1872.)

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Terms Used In California Civil Code 2922

  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.