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2020 California Code
Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS
PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL
TITLE 3 - TRANSFER OF OBLIGATIONS
Section 1459.
Universal Citation: CA Civ Code § 1459 (2020)
1459.
A non-negotiable written contract for the payment of money or personal property may be transferred by indorsement, in like manner with negotiable instruments. Such indorsement shall transfer all the rights of the assignor under the instrument to the assignee, subject to all equities and defenses existing in favor of the maker at the time of the indorsement.
(Enacted 1872.)
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