Statute · California Civil Code
Cal. Civ. Code § 2224 — INVOLUNTARY TRUSTS
Cal. Civ. Code § 2224
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Civil Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
One who gains a thing by fraud, accident, mistake, undue influence, the violation of a trust, or other wrongful act, is, unless he or she has some other and better right thereto, an involuntary trustee of the thing gained, for the benefit of the person who would otherwise have had it.
Citator
Cal. Civ. Code § 2224 — INVOLUNTARY TRUSTS is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
One who gains a thing by fraud, accident, mistake, undue influence, the violation of a trust, or other wrongful act, is, unless he or she has some other and better right thereto, an involuntary trustee of the thing gained, for the benefit of the person who would otherwise have had it.