California Partition Law Blog
The purpose of this article is to explore the finer distinctions between deeds and contracts. In California law, a deed is one of the most powerful legal documents that any person will ever handle, but there is very little in the public domain available about them in order to understand them better. Moreover, unlike other legal documents that may virtually require an attorney in order to be prepared properly, almost any owner of real estate could likely create an effective deed and transfer real estate with very little effort.
Because deeds are so powerful on the one hand, yet so easy to create on the other, this article seeks to explore some lesser known technical aspects about deeds in order to increase the public’s knowledge about the law.
What is a deed?