{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2920","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2920","heading":"","body":"(a) A mortgage is a contract by which specific property, including an estate for years in real property, is hypothecated for the performance of an act, without the necessity of a change of possession.\n(b) For purposes of Sections 2924 to 2924h, inclusive, “mortgage” also means any security device or instrument, other than a deed of trust, that confers a power of sale affecting real property or an estate for years therein, to be exercised after breach of the obligation so secured, including a real property sales contract, as defined in Section 2985, which contains such a provision.","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 2. Mortgage [2920. - 2968.]","ARTICLE 1. Mortgages in General [2920. - 2944.10.]"],"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":"5ec883a4496a1209e2daa353f8de60e08bcff2cfb99a553b2674ad6091392cee","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2914","next":"us-ca/civ-2920.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}