{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1197","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1197","heading":"","body":"The subscribing witness must prove that the person whose name is subscribed to the instrument as a party is the person described in it, and that such person executed it, and that the witness subcribed his name thereto as a witness.","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":"20098b13e9ee29fd870cadd3b20b1c3dcfd24de8896138eb98054bac6b1e5c16","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1196","next":"us-ca/civ-1198"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}