{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-744","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 744","heading":"","body":"A mortgage of real property shall not be deemed a conveyance, whatever its terms, so as to enable the owner of the mortgage to recover possession of the real property without a foreclosure and sale.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","TITLE 10. ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES [725a. - 871.30.]","CHAPTER 3. Actions for the Recovery of Real Property, and Other Provisions Relating to Actions Concerning Real Property [740. - 749.5.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"56da5c487a701d976869295de2d42619317d075d9fe62e65f345fb3061b66e56","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-743","next":"us-ca/ccp-745"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}