Section 7578 Of Article 4. Conditional Sale Of Railroad Equipment From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 4. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 4.
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. No contract of the type provided for in this article shall be
valid as against any subsequent judgment creditor or any subsequent
bona fide purchaser for value and without notice, unless all of the
following conditions are met:
(a) The contract is evidenced by an instrument executed by the
parties and duly acknowledged by the vendee, lessee, or bailee, as
the case may be, or duly proved before some person authorized by law
to take acknowledgments of deeds, and in the same manner as deeds are
acknowledged or proved.
(b) Each car or locomotive engine so sold, leased, or hired, or
contracted to be sold, leased, or hired has the name of the vendor,
lessor, or bailor plainly marked in letters not less than one inch in
size on each side thereof, followed by the word "owner," or "lessor,"
or "bailor," as the case may be.