{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2884","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2884","heading":"","body":"A lien may be created by contract, to take immediate effect, as security for the performance of obligations not then in existence.","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 2. Creation of Liens [2881. - 2885.]"],"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":"c14b9bfbe5ad3af3b72b1e3f0075d144c601ac6be82b74e433ab1ded127db0af","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2883","next":"us-ca/civ-2885"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}