{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1196","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1196","heading":"","body":"A witness shall be proved to be a subscribing witness by the oath of a credible witness who provides the officer with any document satisfying the requirements of paragraph (3) or (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 1185.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","PART 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY [1000. - 1422.]","TITLE 4. TRANSFER [1039. - 1231.]","CHAPTER 4. Recording Transfers [1169. - 1220.]","ARTICLE 3. Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments [1180. - 1207.]"],"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":"92695725a5dd1e3641a72f0d580b159baab8a40df8b31ec616c597d9282ca503","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1195","next":"us-ca/civ-1197"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}