California Code of Civil Procedure 874.240 is the California partition statute that solidifies a conveyance or transfer in the same way a judgment would:
A conveyance or transfer pursuant to Sections 873.750 and 873.790 or Section 873.960 is binding and conclusive, in the same manner as a judgment.
California Code of Civil Procedure Β§ 874.240
Conveyance of the property to a purchaser or the sale of the property by the referee will be considered binding in the same way a judgment would be. Essentially, a sale by a partition referee in a partition action is deemed to be final.
Law Revision Commission Comments to California Code of Civil Procedure Β§ 874.240
In 1976, the California Law Revision Commission explained California Code of Civil Procedure Β§ 874.240 as follows:
Section 874.240 continues the substance of former Section 787 which provided the effect of a conveyance of the property in the partition action.
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