{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1040","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1040","heading":"","body":"A voluntary transfer is an executed contract, subject to all rules of law concerning contracts in general; except that a consideration is not necessary to its validity.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","PART 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY [1000. - 1422.]","TITLE 4. TRANSFER [1039. - 1231.]","CHAPTER 1. Transfers in General [1039. - 1090.5.]","ARTICLE 1. Definition of Transfer [1039. - 1040.]"],"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":"d6f4b8b3b10d091ef8e98582ad99dcbdae8603ee76901fae77e2651cdaacdb8f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1039","next":"us-ca/civ-1044"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}