{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fin-1401","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FIN § 1401","heading":"","body":"A bank account by or in the name of a married person shall be held for the exclusive right and benefit of the person, shall be free from the control or lien of any other person except a creditor, and shall be paid to the person or to the order of the person, and payment so made is a valid and sufficient release and discharge to the bank for the deposit or any part thereof.","path":["Financial Code - FIN","DIVISION 1.1. BANKING [1000. - 1910.]","CHAPTER 12. Deposits [1400. - 1440.]","ARTICLE 1. Depositors [1400. - 1415.]"],"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":"7a358cdb7f0571833f6db93c454b5455c118fadfdd35d50886afc0a064ae8555","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fin-1400","next":"us-ca/fin-1402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}