Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 704.920 :
� 704.920. Selection of declared homestead
A dwelling in which an owner or spouse of an owner resides may be selected as a declared homestead pursuant to this article by recording a homestead declaration in the office of the county recorder of the county where the dwelling is located. From and after the time of recording, the dwelling is a declared homestead for the purposes of this article.
Last Amended: 1983
1983
(Added by Stats.1982, c. 1364, p. 5170, � 2, operative July 1, 1983.)