{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-3050","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 3050","heading":"","body":"One who pays to the owner any part of the price of real property, under an agreement for the sale thereof, has a special lien upon the property, independent of possession, for such part of the amount paid as he may be entitled to recover back, in case of a failure of consideration.","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 6. Other Liens [3046. - 3066.]"],"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":"c719d5b1e4241260c2ac3607b1b0358620912146d14e51213b78c65637d7e5e5","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-3048","next":"us-ca/civ-3051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}