(a) Each cotenant may convey, lease, mortgage, place a deed of trust on, or place a lien on that cotenant's undivided interest in the property without the joinder of any other cotenant. (b) The grantee of a cotenant's interest in the property acquires only the interest of the grantor and becomes a cotenant, even if the instrument of conveyance purports to convey the whole estate.
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