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CA Civ Code § [1488.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section [1488.].

[1488.]   Section Fourteen Hundred and Eighty-eight. An offer of performance must be made to the creditor, or to any one of two or more joint creditors, or to a person authorized by one or more of them to receive or collect what is due under the obligation, if such creditor or authorized person is present at the place where the offer may be made; and if not, wherever the creditor may be found.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 1489 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1489.

1489.  In the absence of an express provision to the contrary, an offer of performance may be made, at the option of the debtor:1. At any place appointed by the creditor; or,2. Wherever the person to whom the offer ought to be made can be found; or,3. If such person cannot, with reasonable diligence, be found within this State, and within a reasonable distance from his residence or place of business, or if he evades the debtor, then at his residence or place of business, if the same can, with reasonable diligence, be found within the State; or,4. If this cannot be done, then at any place within this State.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1490 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1490.

1490.  Where an obligation fixes a time for its performance, an offer of performance must be made at that time, within reasonable hours, and not before nor afterwards.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1491 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1491.

1491.  Where an obligation does not fix the time for its performance, an offer of performance may be made at any time before the debtor, upon a reasonable demand, has refused to perform.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1492 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1492.

1492.  Where delay in performance is capable of exact and entire compensation, and time has not been expressly declared to be of the essence of the obligation, an offer of performance, accompanied with an offer of such compensation, may be made at any time after it is due, but without prejudice to any rights acquired by the creditor, or by any other person, in the meantime.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1493 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1493.

1493.  An offer of performance must be made in good faith, and in such manner as is most likely, under the circumstances, to benefit the creditor.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1494 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1494.

1494.  An offer of performance must be free from any conditions which the creditor is not bound, on his part, to perform.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1495 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1495.

1495.  An offer of performance is of no effect if the person making it is not able and willing to perform according to the offer.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1496 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1496.

1496.  The thing to be delivered, if any, need not in any case be actually produced, upon an offer of performance, unless the offer is accepted.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1497 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1497.

1497.  A thing, when offered by way of performance, must not be mixed with other things from which it cannot be separated immediately and without difficulty.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1498 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1498.

1498.  When a debtor is entitled to the performance of a condition precedent to, or concurrent with, performance on his part, he may make his offer to depend upon the due performance of such condition.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1499 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1499.

1499.  A debtor has a right to require from his creditor a written receipt for any property delivered in performance of his obligation.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1500.

1500.  An obligation for the payment of money is extinguished by a due offer of payment, if the amount is immediately deposited in the name of the creditor, with some bank or savings and loan association within this state, of good repute, and notice thereof is given to the creditor.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 632, Sec. 1. Effective September 23, 1981.)
CA Civ Code § 1501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1501.

1501.  All objections to the mode of an offer of performance, which the creditor has an opportunity to state at the time to the person making the offer, and which could be then obviated by him, are waived by the creditor, if not then stated.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1502.

1502.  The title to a thing duly offered in performance of an obligation passes to the creditor, if the debtor at the time signifies his intention to that effect.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1503.

1503.  The person offering a thing, other than money, by way of performance, must, if he means to treat it as belonging to the creditor, retain it as a depositary for hire, until the creditor accepts it, or until he has given reasonable notice to the creditor that he will retain it no longer, and, if with reasonable diligence he can find a suitable depositary therefor, until he has deposited it with such person.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1504.

1504.  An offer of payment or other performance, duly made, though the title to the thing offered be not transferred to the creditor, stops the running of interest on the obligation, and has the same effect upon all its incidents as a performance thereof.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Offer of Performance|Section 1505.

1505.  If anything is given to a creditor by way of performance, which he refuses to accept as such, he is not bound to return it without demand; but if he retains it, he is a gratuitous depositary thereof.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1511 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Prevention of Performance or Offer|Section 1511.

1511.  The want of performance of an obligation, or of an offer of performance, in whole or in part, or any delay therein, is excused by the following causes, to the extent to which they operate:1. When such performance or offer is prevented or delayed by the act of the creditor, or by the operation of law, even though there may have been a stipulation that this shall not be an excuse; however, the parties may expressly require in a contract that the party relying on the provisions of this paragraph give written notice to the other party or parties, within a reasonable time after the occurrence of the event excusing performance, of an intention to claim an extension of time or of an intention to bring suit or of any other similar or related intent, provided the requirement of such notice is reasonable and just;2. When it is prevented or delayed by an irresistible, superhuman cause, or by the act of public enemies of this state or of the United States, unless the parties have expressly agreed to the contrary; or,3. When the debtor is induced not to make it, by any act of the creditor intended or naturally tending to have that effect, done at or before the time at which such performance or offer may be made, and not rescinded before that time.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1730.)
CA Civ Code § [1512.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Prevention of Performance or Offer|Section [1512.].

[1512.]   Section Fifteen Hundred and Twelve. If the performance of an obligation be prevented by the creditor, the debtor is entitled to all the benefits which he would have obtained if it had been performed by both parties.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 1514 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Prevention of Performance or Offer|Section 1514.

1514.  If performance of an obligation is prevented by any cause excusing performance, other than the act of the creditor, the debtor is entitled to a ratable proportion of the consideration to which he would have been entitled upon full performance, according to the benefit which the creditor receives from the actual performance.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1515 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Prevention of Performance or Offer|Section 1515.

1515.  A refusal by a creditor to accept performance, made before an offer thereof, is equivalent to an offer and refusal, unless, before performance is actually due, he gives notice to the debtor of his willingness to accept it.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § [1521.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Accord and Satisfaction|Section [1521.].

[1521.]   Section Fifteen Hundred and Twenty-one. An accord is an agreement to accept, in extinction of an obligation, something different from or less than that to which the person agreeing to accept is entitled.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 1522 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Accord and Satisfaction|Section 1522.

1522.  Though the parties to an accord are bound to execute it, yet it does not extinguish the obligation until it is fully executed.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1523 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Accord and Satisfaction|Section 1523.

1523.  Acceptance, by the creditor, of the consideration of an accord extinguishes the obligation, and is called satisfaction.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § [1524.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Accord and Satisfaction|Section [1524.].

[1524.]   Section Fifteen Hundred and Twenty-four. Part performance of an obligation, either before or after a breach thereof, when expressly accepted by the creditor in writing, in satisfaction, or rendered in pursuance of an agreement in writing for that purpose, though without any new consideration, extinguishes the obligation.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 1525 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Accord and Satisfaction|Section 1525.

1525.  It is the public policy of this State, in the best interests of the taxpayer and of the litigant, to encourage fair dealing and to promote justice by reducing litigated matters to the lowest level of jurisdiction.In case of a dispute over total money due on a contract and it is conceded by the parties that part of the money is due, the debtor may pay, without condition, the amount conceded to be due, leaving to the other party all remedies to which he might otherwise be entitled as to any balance claimed.If any conditions are attached to the payment, this section shall not be deemed to have limited the remedies available to the other party under other provisions of law on the original amount claimed.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1495.)
CA Civ Code § 1526 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Accord and Satisfaction|Section 1526.

1526.  (a) Where a claim is disputed or unliquidated and a check or draft is tendered by the debtor in settlement thereof in full discharge of the claim, and the words “payment in full” or other words of similar meaning are notated on the check or draft, the acceptance of the check or draft does not constitute an accord and satisfaction if the creditor protests against accepting the tender in full payment by striking out or otherwise deleting that notation or if the acceptance of the check or draft was inadvertent or without knowledge of the notation.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the acceptance of a check or draft constitutes an accord and satisfaction if a check or draft is tendered pursuant to a composition or extension agreement between a debtor and its creditors, and pursuant to that composition or extension agreement, all creditors of the same class are accorded similar treatment, and the creditor receives the check or draft with knowledge of the restriction.A creditor shall be conclusively presumed to have knowledge of the restriction if a creditor either:(1) Has, previous to the receipt of the check or draft, executed a written consent to the composition or extension agreement.(2) Has been given, not less than 15 days nor more than 90 days prior to receipt of the check or draft, notice, in writing, that a check or draft will be tendered with a restrictive endorsement and that acceptance and cashing of the check or draft will constitute an accord and satisfaction.(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the acceptance of a check or draft by a creditor constitutes an accord and satisfaction when the check or draft is issued pursuant to or in conjunction with a release of a claim.(d) For the purposes of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), mailing the notice by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the address shown for the creditor on the debtor’s books or such other address as the creditor may designate in writing constitutes notice.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1268, Sec. 1.)
CA Civ Code § 1530 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Novation|Section 1530.

1530.  Novation is the substitution of a new obligation for an existing one.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1531 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Novation|Section 1531.

1531.  Novation is made:1. By the substitution of a new obligation between the same parties, with intent to extinguish the old obligation;2. By the substitution of a new debtor in place of the old one, with intent to release the latter; or,3. By the substitution of a new creditor in place of the old one, with intent to transfer the rights of the latter to the former.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1532 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Novation|Section 1532.

1532.  Novation is made by contract, and is subject to all the rules concerning contracts in general.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § [1533.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Novation|Section [1533.].

[1533.]   Section Fifteen Hundred and Thirty-three. When the obligation of a third person, or an order upon such person is accepted in satisfaction, the creditor may rescind such (such) acceptance if the debtor prevents such person from complying with the order, or from fulfilling the obligation; or if, at the time the obligation or order is received, such person is insolvent, and this fact is unknown to the creditor, or if, before the creditor can with reasonable diligence present the order to the person upon whom it is given, he becomes insolvent.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 1541 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Release|Section 1541.

1541.  An obligation is extinguished by a release therefrom given to the debtor or the released party by the creditor or releasing party, upon a new consideration, or in writing, with or without new consideration.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 157, Sec. 1. (SB 1431) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Civ Code § 1542 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Release|Section 1542.

1542.  A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 157, Sec. 2. (SB 1431) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Civ Code § 1542.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Release|Section 1542.1.

1542.1.  Notwithstanding Section 1542, a provider of health care, as defined in Section 56.05, or its officers, employees, agents, or subcontractors, shall release the state and its officers, employees, and agents, from any claim arising from the defense of the provider of health care by the Attorney General, or other legal counsel provided by the state pursuant to Section 12511.5 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 749, Sec. 2. Effective October 10, 1995.)
CA Civ Code § 1543 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL|TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Release|Section 1543.

1543.  A release of one of two or more joint debtors does not extinguish the obligations of any of the others, unless they are mere guarantors; nor does it affect their right to contribution from him or her, except as provided in Section 877 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 677, Sec. 1.5.)
CA Civ Code § 1549 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 1 - Definition|Section 1549.

1549.  A contract is an agreement to do or not to do a certain thing.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1550 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 1 - Definition|Section 1550.

1550.  It is essential to the existence of a contract that there should be:1. Parties capable of contracting;2. Their consent;3. A lawful object; and,4. A sufficient cause or consideration.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1550.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 1 - Definition|Section 1550.5.

1550.5.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) The Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 215 at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election, authorized the use of marijuana for medical purposes in this state.(2) The Legislature passed the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, formerly Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 19300) of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to regulate and license medical cannabis in the state.(3) The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorized the consumption of nonmedical marijuana by persons over 21 years of age and provided for the licensure and regulation of certain commercial nonmedical marijuana activities in this state.(4) The Legislature passed the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 26000) of the Business and Professions Code) to consolidate the licensure and regulation of certain commercial activities with respect to medicinal cannabis and nonmedical marijuana, now known as adult-use cannabis.(b) Notwithstanding any law, including, but not limited to, Sections 1550, 1667, and 1668 and federal law, commercial activity relating to medicinal cannabis or adult-use cannabis conducted in compliance with California law and any applicable local standards, requirements, and regulations shall be deemed to be all of the following:(1) A lawful object of a contract.(2) Not contrary to, an express provision of law, any policy of express law, or good morals.(3) Not against public policy.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 35. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Civ Code § 1556 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 2 - Parties|Section 1556.

1556.  All persons are capable of contracting, except minors, persons of unsound mind, and persons deprived of civil rights.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1557 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 2 - Parties|Section 1557.

1557.  (a) The capacity of a minor to contract is governed by Division 11 (commencing with Section 6500) of the Family Code.(b) The capacity of a person of unsound mind to contract is governed by Part 1 (commencing with Section 38) of Division 1.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 163, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, by Sec. 161 of Ch. 163.)
CA Civ Code § 1558 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 2 - Parties|Section 1558.

1558.  It is essential to the validity of a contract, not only that the parties should exist, but that it should be possible to identify them.(Enacted 1872.)