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CA Civ Code § 1633.12 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 2.5 - ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS|Section 1633.12.

1633.12.  (a) If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record, if the electronic record reflects accurately the information set forth in the record at the time it was first generated in its final form as an electronic record or otherwise, and the electronic record remains accessible for later reference.(b) A requirement to retain a record in accordance with subdivision (a) does not apply to any information the sole purpose of which is to enable the record to be sent, communicated, or received.(c) A person may satisfy subdivision (a) by using the services of another person if the requirements of subdivision (a) are satisfied.(d) If a law requires a record to be retained in its original form, or provides consequences if the record is not retained in its original form, that law is satisfied by an electronic record retained in accordance with subdivision (a).(e) If a law requires retention of a check, that requirement is satisfied by retention of an electronic record of the information on the front and back of the check in accordance with subdivision (a).(f) A record retained as an electronic record in accordance with subdivision (a) satisfies a law requiring a person to retain a record for evidentiary, audit, or like purposes, unless a law enacted after the effective date of this title specifically prohibits the use of an electronic record for a specified purpose.(g) This section does not preclude a governmental agency from specifying additional requirements for the retention of a record subject to the agency’s jurisdiction.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 428, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Civ Code § 1633.13 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 2.5 - ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS|Section 1633.13.

1633.13.  In a proceeding, evidence of a record or signature may not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 428, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Civ Code § 1633.14 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 2.5 - ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS|Section 1633.14.

1633.14.  (a) In an automated transaction, the following rules apply:(1) A contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents of the parties, even if no individual was aware of or reviewed the electronic agents’ actions or the resulting terms and agreements.(2) A contract may be formed by the interaction of an electronic agent and an individual, acting on the individual’s own behalf or for another person, including by an interaction in which the individual performs actions that the individual is free to refuse to perform and which the individual knows or has reason to know will cause the electronic agent to complete the transaction or performance.(b) The terms of the contract are determined by the substantive law applicable to it.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 428, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Civ Code § 1633.15 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 2.5 - ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS|Section 1633.15.

1633.15.  (a) Unless the sender and the recipient agree to a different method of sending that is reasonable under the circumstances, an electronic record is sent when the information is addressed properly or otherwise directed properly to the recipient and either (1) enters an information processing system outside the control of the sender or of a person that sent the electronic record on behalf of the sender, or (2) enters a region of an information processing system that is under the control of the recipient.(b) Unless the sender and the recipient agree to a different method of receiving that is reasonable under the circumstances, an electronic record is received when the electronic record enters an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent, in a form capable of being processed by that system, and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record.(c) Subdivision (b) applies even if the place the information processing system is located is different from the place the electronic record is deemed to be received under subdivision (d).(d) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the electronic record or agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is deemed to be sent from the sender’s place of business and to be received at the recipient’s place of business or, if the recipient is an individual acting on his or her own behalf, at the recipient’s place of residence. For purposes of this subdivision, the following rules apply:(1) If the sender or recipient has more than one place of business, the place of business of that person is the place having the closest relationship to the underlying transaction.(2) If the sender or the recipient does not have a place of business, the place of business is the sender’s or recipient’s residence, as the case may be.(e) An electronic record is received under subdivision (b) even if no individual is aware of its receipt.(f) Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment from an information processing system described in subdivision (b) establishes that a record was received but, by itself, does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received.(g) If a person is aware that an electronic record purportedly sent under subdivision (a), or purportedly received under subdivision (b), was not actually sent or received, the legal effect of the sending or receipt is determined by other applicable law. Except to the extent permitted by the other law, this subdivision may not be varied by agreement.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 428, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Civ Code § 1633.16 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 2.5 - ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS|Section 1633.16.

1633.16.  If a law other than this title requires that a notice of the right to cancel be provided or sent, an electronic record may not substitute for a writing under that other law unless, in addition to satisfying the requirements of that other law and this title, the notice of cancellation may be returned by electronic means. This section may not be varied by agreement.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 428, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Civ Code § 1633.17 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 2.5 - ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS|Section 1633.17.

1633.17.  No state agency, board, or commission may require, prohibit, or regulate the use of an electronic signature in a transaction in which the agency, board, or commission is not a party unless a law other than this title expressly authorizes the requirement, prohibition, or regulation.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 428, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Civ Code § 1635 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1635.

1635.  All contracts, whether public or private, are to be interpreted by the same rules, except as otherwise provided by this Code.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1636 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1636.

1636.  A contract must be so interpreted as to give effect to the mutual intention of the parties as it existed at the time of contracting, so far as the same is ascertainable and lawful.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1637 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1637.

1637.  For the purpose of ascertaining the intention of the parties to a contract, if otherwise doubtful, the rules given in this Chapter are to be applied.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1638 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1638.

1638.  The language of a contract is to govern its interpretation, if the language is clear and explicit, and does not involve an absurdity.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1639 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1639.

1639.  When a contract is reduced to writing, the intention of the parties is to be ascertained from the writing alone, if possible; subject, however, to the other provisions of this Title.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1640 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1640.

1640.  When, through fraud, mistake, or accident, a written contract fails to express the real intention of the parties, such intention is to be regarded, and the erroneous parts of the writing disregarded.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1641 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1641.

1641.  The whole of a contract is to be taken together, so as to give effect to every part, if reasonably practicable, each clause helping to interpret the other.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1642 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1642.

1642.  Several contracts relating to the same matters, between the same parties, and made as parts of substantially one transaction, are to be taken together.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1643 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1643.

1643.  A contract must receive such an interpretation as will make it lawful, operative, definite, reasonable, and capable of being carried into effect, if it can be done without violating the intention of the parties.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1644 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1644.

1644.  The words of a contract are to be understood in their ordinary and popular sense, rather than according to their strict legal meaning; unless used by the parties in a technical sense, or unless a special meaning is given to them by usage, in which case the latter must be followed.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1645 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1645.

1645.  Technical words are to be interpreted as usually understood by persons in the profession or business to which they relate, unless clearly used in a different sense.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1646 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1646.

1646.  A contract is to be interpreted according to the law and usage of the place where it is to be performed; or, if it does not indicate a place of performance, according to the law and usage of the place where it is made.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1646.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1646.5.

1646.5.  Notwithstanding Section 1646, the parties to any contract, agreement, or undertaking, contingent or otherwise, relating to a transaction involving in the aggregate not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), including a transaction otherwise covered by subdivision (a) of Section 1301 of the Commercial Code, may agree that the law of this state shall govern their rights and duties in whole or in part, whether or not the contract, agreement, or undertaking or transaction bears a reasonable relation to this state. This section does not apply to any contract, agreement, or undertaking (a) for labor or personal services, (b) relating to any transaction primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, or (c) to the extent provided to the contrary in subdivision (c) of Section 1301 of the Commercial Code.This section applies to contracts, agreements, and undertakings entered into before, on, or after its effective date; it shall be fully retroactive. Contracts, agreements, and undertakings selecting California law entered into before the effective date of this section shall be valid, enforceable, and effective as if this section had been in effect on the date they were entered into; and actions and proceedings commencing in a court of this state before the effective date of this section may be maintained as if this section were in effect on the date they were commenced.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 254, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Civ Code § 1647 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1647.

1647.  A contract may be explained by reference to the circumstances under which it was made, and the matter to which it relates.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1648 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1648.

1648.  However broad may be the terms of a contract, it extends only to those things concerning which it appears that the parties intended to contract.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1649 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1649.

1649.  If the terms of a promise are in any respect ambiguous or uncertain, it must be interpreted in the sense in which the promisor believed, at the time of making it, that the promisee understood it.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1650 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1650.

1650.  Particular clauses of a contract are subordinate to its general intent.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1651 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1651.

1651.  Where a contract is partly written and partly printed, or where part of it is written or printed under the special directions of the parties, and with a special view to their intention, and the remainder is copied from a form originally prepared without special reference to the particular parties and the particular contract in question, the written parts control the printed parts, and the parts which are purely original control those which are copied from a form. And if the two are absolutely repugnant, the latter must be so far disregarded.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1652 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1652.

1652.  Repugnancy in a contract must be reconciled, if possible, by such an interpretation as will give some effect to the repugnant clauses, subordinate to the general intent and purpose of the whole contract.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1653 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1653.

1653.  Words in a contract which are wholly inconsistent with its nature, or with the main intention of the parties, are to be rejected.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1654 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1654.

1654.  In cases of uncertainty not removed by the preceding rules, the language of a contract should be interpreted most strongly against the party who caused the uncertainty to exist.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1120, Sec. 1.)
CA Civ Code § 1655 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1655.

1655.  Stipulations which are necessary to make a contract reasonable, or conformable to usage, are implied, in respect to matters concerning which the contract manifests no contrary intention.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1656 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1656.

1656.  All things that in law or usage are considered as incidental to a contract, or as necessary to carry it into effect, are implied therefrom, unless some of them are expressly mentioned therein, when all other things of the same class are deemed to be excluded.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1656.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1656.5.

1656.5.  (a) Whether a qualified heavy equipment renter may add estimated personal property tax reimbursement to the rental price of heavy equipment property to a lessee depends solely upon the terms of the rental agreement. It shall be presumed that the parties agreed to the addition of estimated personal property tax reimbursement to the rental price of heavy equipment property to a lessee if all of the following conditions occur:(1) The rental agreement expressly provides for the addition of estimated personal property tax reimbursement.(2) Estimated personal property tax reimbursement is separately stated and charged on the rental agreement.(3) The estimated personal property tax reimbursement amount shall not exceed 0.75 percent of the rental price of the heavy equipment property.(b) The presumptions created by this section are rebuttable presumptions.(c) For purposes of this section:(1) “Qualified heavy equipment renter” shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 31202 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.(2) “Rental price” means the total amount of the charge for renting the heavy equipment property, excluding any separately stated charges that are not rental charges, including, but not limited to, separately stated charges for delivery and pickup fees, damage waivers, environmental mitigation fees, sales tax reimbursement, or use taxes.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 505, Sec. 1. (AB 1130) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Civ Code § 1657 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1657.

1657.  If no time is specified for the performance of an act required to be performed, a reasonable time is allowed. If the act is in its nature capable of being done instantly—as, for example, if it consists in the payment of money only—it must be performed immediately upon the thing to be done being exactly ascertained.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1657.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1657.1.

1657.1.  Any time specified in a contract of adhesion for the performance of an act required to be performed shall be reasonable.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 222, Sec. 1. (SB 762) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Civ Code § 1659 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1659.

1659.  Where all the parties who unite in a promise receive some benefit from the consideration, whether past or present, their promise is presumed to be joint and several.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1660 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1660.

1660.  A promise, made in the singular number, but executed by several persons, is presumed to be joint and several.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1661 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1661.

1661.  An executed contract is one, the object of which is fully performed. All others are executory.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1662 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS|Section 1662.

1662.  Any contract hereafter made in this State for the purchase and sale of real property shall be interpreted as including an agreement that the parties shall have the following rights and duties, unless the contract expressly provides otherwise:(a) If, when neither the legal title nor the possession of the subject matter of the contract has been transferred, all or a material part thereof is destroyed without fault of the purchaser or is taken by eminent domain, the vendor cannot enforce the contract, and the purchaser is entitled to recover any portion of the price that he has paid;(b) If, when either the legal title or the possession of the subject matter of the contract has been transferred, all or any part thereof is destroyed without fault of the vendor or is taken by eminent domain, the purchaser is not thereby relieved from a duty to pay the price, nor is he entitled to recover any portion thereof that he has paid.This section shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.This section may be cited as the Uniform Vendor and Purchaser Risk Act.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 497.)