{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2872","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2872","heading":"","body":"A lien is a charge imposed in some mode other than by a transfer in trust upon specific property by which it is made security for the performance of an act.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 14. LIEN [2872. - 3081.]","CHAPTER 1. Liens in General [2872. - 2914.]","ARTICLE 1. Definition of Liens [2872. - 2877.]"],"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":"eb6bfd7a74e315b8710b00b4ec1447059c6f914712b7644ccb0f010fddf05b14","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2860","next":"us-ca/civ-2873"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}