{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2897","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2897","heading":"","body":"Other things being equal, different liens upon the same property have priority according to the time of their creation, except in cases of bottomry and respondentia.","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 4. Priority of Liens [2897. - 2899.]"],"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":"356fce03b7e1392f612a4ebf765a325923f469960dc4ca516cc893a70b327f64","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2892","next":"us-ca/civ-2898"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}