§ 534
Selling real estate without spouse's consent
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
Every person who is married or in a registered domestic partnership, who falsely and fraudulently represents himself or herself as competent to sell or mortgage any real estate, to the validity of which sale or mortgage the assent or concurrence of his or her spouse is necessary, and under such representations conveys or mortgages the same, is guilty of a .
History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 73. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.
Simplified explanation
A married person or registered domestic partner who falsely claims to be able to sell or mortgage real estate that needs the spouse's assent, and then conveys or mortgages it, is guilty of a felony; no term is stated here.