2007 California Civil Code Article 1. Nature And Creation Of Deposit

CA Codes (civ:1813-1818)

1813.  A deposit may be voluntary or involuntary; and for safe
keeping or for exchange.



1814.  A voluntary deposit is made by one giving to another, with
his consent, the possession of personal property to keep for the
benefit of the former, or of a third party.  The person giving is
called the depositor, and the person receiving the depositary.




1815.  An involuntary deposit is made:
   (a) By the accidental leaving or placing of personal property in
the possession of any person, without negligence on the part of its
owner.
   (b) In cases of fire, shipwreck, inundation, insurrection, riot,
or like extraordinary emergencies, by the owner of personal property
committing it, out of necessity, to the care of any person.
   (c) By the delivery to, or picking up by, and the holding of, a
stray live animal by any person or public or private entity.



1816.  (a) The person or private entity with whom a thing is
deposited in the manner described in Section 1815 is bound to take
charge of it, if able to do so.
   (b) A public agency or shelter with whom a thing is deposited in
the manner described in Section 1815 is  bound to take charge of it,
as provided in Section 597.1 of the Penal Code.



1817.  A deposit for keeping is one in which the depositary is bound
to return the identical thing deposited.



1818.  A deposit for exchange is one in which the depositary is only
bound to return a thing corresponding in kind to that which is
deposited.