Cal. Civil Code § 2897 : Lien — California Civil Code — Obligations — Liens In General — Priority Of Liens — Priority according to time of creation Date: 14 Sep 2016 TEXT PDF Current through the 2016 Legislative Session Other things being equal, different liens upon the same property have priority according to the time of their creation, except in cases of bottomry and respondentia. Ca. Civ. Code § 2897