Cal. CIV § 880.340
This is the official text of Cal. CIV § 880.340, part of California’s Civil Code — covers contracts, property ownership, personal rights, and other general civil obligations between private parties.
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Official statutory text
Subject to all statutory requirements for recorded documents, a notice of intent to preserve an interest in real property shall be in substantially the following form:
RECORDING INFORMATION
Recording requested by: FOR USE OF COUNTY
RECORDER
After recording return to: Indexing instructions.
This notice must be
indexed as follows:
Grantor and grantee
index—each claimant
is a grantor.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO PRESERVE INTEREST
This notice is intended to preserve an interest in real property from extinguishment pursuant to Title 5 (commencing with Section 880.020) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil Code (Marketable Record Title).
Claimant Name:
Mailing address:
(must be given for each claimant)
Interest Character (e.g., power of
termination):
Record location of document
creating or evidencing
interest in claimant:
Real Property Legal description (may be same
as in recorded document
creating or evidencing
interest in claimant):
I assert under penalty of perjury that this notice is not recorded for the purpose of slandering title to real property and I am informed and believe that the information contained in this notice is true. If this notice is made on behalf of a claimant, I assert under penalty of perjury that I am authorized to act on behalf of the claimant.
Signed: (claimant)
(person acting on behalf
of claimant) Date:
Certificate of acknowledgment required.
RECORDING INFORMATION
Recording requested by: FOR USE OF COUNTY
RECORDER
After recording return to: Indexing instructions.
This notice must be
indexed as follows:
Grantor and grantee
index—each claimant
is a grantor.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO PRESERVE INTEREST
This notice is intended to preserve an interest in real property from extinguishment pursuant to Title 5 (commencing with Section 880.020) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil Code (Marketable Record Title).
Claimant Name:
Mailing address:
(must be given for each claimant)
Interest Character (e.g., power of
termination):
Record location of document
creating or evidencing
interest in claimant:
Real Property Legal description (may be same
as in recorded document
creating or evidencing
interest in claimant):
I assert under penalty of perjury that this notice is not recorded for the purpose of slandering title to real property and I am informed and believe that the information contained in this notice is true. If this notice is made on behalf of a claimant, I assert under penalty of perjury that I am authorized to act on behalf of the claimant.
Signed: (claimant)
(person acting on behalf
of claimant) Date:
Certificate of acknowledgment required.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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