Cal. Civil Code § 1197 : Transfer — California Civil Code — Property — Recording Transfers — Proof And Acknowledgment Of Instruments — Subscribing witness must prove Date: 14 Sep 2016 TEXT PDF Current through the 2016 Legislative Session The subscribing witness must prove that the person whose name is subscribed to the instrument as a party is the person described in it, and that such person executed it, and that the witness subcribed his name thereto as a witness. Ca. Civ. Code § 1197