{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2922","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2922","heading":"","body":"A mortgage can be created, renewed, or extended, only by writing, executed with the formalities required in the case of a grant of real property.","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":"4e826ad67be9aaac20278dada87c0411b4b38491b86116773d0ae18d82ca1966","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2921","next":"us-ca/civ-2923"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}