(a) A premarital agreement or other marital property agreement that is executed and acknowledged or proved in the manner that a grant of real property is required to be executed and acknowledged or proved may be recorded in the office of the recorder of each county in which real property affected by the agreement is situated.

(b) Recording or nonrecording of a premarital agreement or other marital property agreement has the same effect as recording or nonrecording of a grant of real property.

Terms Used In California Family Code 1502

  • County: includes city and county. See California Family Code 67
  • Property: includes real and personal property and any interest therein. See California Family Code 113
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)

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