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CA Civ Code § 1559 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 2 - Parties|Section 1559.

1559.  A contract, made expressly for the benefit of a third person, may be enforced by him at any time before the parties thereto rescind it.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1565 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1565.

1565.  The consent of the parties to a contract must be:1. Free;2. Mutual; and,3. Communicated by each to the other.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1566 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1566.

1566.  A consent which is not free is nevertheless not absolutely void, but may be rescinded by the parties, in the manner prescribed by the Chapter on Rescission.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1567 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1567.

1567.  An apparent consent is not real or free when obtained through:1. Duress;2. Menace;3. Fraud;4. Undue influence; or,5. Mistake.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1568 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1568.

1568.  Consent is deemed to have been obtained through one of the causes mentioned in the last section only when it would not have been given had such cause not existed.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1568.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1568.5.

1568.5.  A representation by a minor that the minor’s parent or legal guardian has consented shall not be considered to be consent for purposes of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 28, Sec. 1. (AB 891) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Civ Code § 1569 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1569.

1569.  Duress consists in any of the following:(a) Unlawful confinement of the person of the party, or of the spouse of such party, or of an ancestor, descendant, or adopted child of such party or spouse.(b) Unlawful detention of the property of any such person.(c) Confinement of such person, lawful in form, but fraudulently obtained, or fraudulently made unjustly harassing or oppressive.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 11. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Civ Code § 1570 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1570.

1570.  Menace consists in a threat:1. Of such duress as is specified in Subdivisions 1 and 3 of the last section; 2. Of unlawful and violent injury to the person or property of any such person as is specified in the last section; or,3. Of injury to the character of any such person.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1571 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1571.

1571.  Fraud is either actual or constructive.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1572 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1572.

1572.  Actual fraud, within the meaning of this Chapter, consists in any of the following acts, committed by a party to the contract, or with his connivance, with intent to deceive another party thereto, or to induce him to enter into the contract:1. The suggestion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who does not believe it to be true;2. The positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of that which is not true, though he believes it to be true; 3. The suppression of that which is true, by one having knowledge or belief of the fact;4. A promise made without any intention of performing it; or,5. Any other act fitted to deceive.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1573 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1573.

1573.  Constructive fraud consists:1. In any breach of duty which, without an actually fraudulent intent, gains an advantage to the person in fault, or any one claiming under him, by misleading another to his prejudice, or to the prejudice of any one claiming under him; or,2. In any such act or omission as the law specially declares to be fraudulent, without respect to actual fraud.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1574 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1574.

1574.  Actual fraud is always a question of fact.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1575 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1575.

1575.  Undue influence consists:1. In the use, by one in whom a confidence is reposed by another, or who holds a real or apparent authority over him, of such confidence or authority for the purpose of obtaining an unfair advantage over him;2. In taking an unfair advantage of another’s weakness of mind; or,3. In taking a grossly oppressive and unfair advantage of another’s necessities or distress.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1576 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1576.

1576.  Mistake may be either of fact or law.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1577 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1577.

1577.  Mistake of fact is a mistake, not caused by the neglect of a legal duty on the part of the person making the mistake, and consisting in:1. An unconscious ignorance or forgetfulness of a fact past or present, material to the contract; or,2. Belief in the present existence of a thing material to the contract, which does not exist, or in the past existence of such a thing, which has not existed. (Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1578 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1578.

1578.  Mistake of law constitutes a mistake, within the meaning of this Article, only when it arises from:1. A misapprehension of the law by all parties, all supposing that they knew and understood it, and all making substantially the same mistake as to the law; or,2. A misapprehension of the law by one party, of which the others are aware at the time of contracting, but which they do not rectify.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1579 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1579.

1579.  Mistake of foreign laws is a mistake of fact.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1580 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1580.

1580.  Consent is not mutual, unless the parties all agree upon the same thing in the same sense. But in certain cases defined by the Chapter on Interpretation, they are to be deemed so to agree without regard to the fact.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1581 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1581.

1581.  Consent can be communicated with effect, only by some act or omission of the party contracting, by which he intends to communicate it, or which necessarily tends to such communication.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1582 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1582.

1582.  If a proposal prescribes any conditions concerning the communication of its acceptance, the proposer is not bound unless they are conformed to; but in other cases any reasonable and usual mode may be adopted.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1583 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1583.

1583.  Consent is deemed to be fully communicated between the parties as soon as the party accepting a proposal has put his acceptance in the course of transmission to the proposer, in conformity to the last section.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1584 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1584.

1584.  Performance of the conditions of a proposal, or the acceptance of the consideration offered with a proposal, is an acceptance of the proposal.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1584.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1584.6.

1584.6.  If a person is a member of an organization which makes retail sales of any goods, wares, or merchandise to its members, and the person notifies the organization of his termination of membership by certified mail, return receipt requested, any unordered goods, wares, or merchandise which are sent to the person after 30 days following execution of the return receipt for the certified letter by the organization, shall for all purposes be deemed unconditional gifts to the person, who may use or dispose of the goods, wares, or merchandise in any manner he sees fit without any obligation on his part to the organization.If the termination of a person’s membership in such organization breaches any agreement with the organization, nothing in this section shall relieve the person from liability for damages to which he might be otherwise subjected to pursuant to law, but he shall not be subject to any damages with respect to any goods, wares, or merchandise which are deemed unconditional gifts to him under this section.If after any receipt deemed to be an unconditional gift under this section, the sender continues to send bill statements or requests for payment with respect thereto, an action may be brought by the recipient to enjoin such conduct, in which action there may also be awarded reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs to the prevailing party.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 400.)
CA Civ Code § 1585 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1585.

1585.  An acceptance must be absolute and unqualified, or must include in itself an acceptance of that character which the proposer can separate from the rest, and which will conclude the person accepting. A qualified acceptance is a new proposal.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1586 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1586.

1586.  A proposal may be revoked at any time before its acceptance is communicated to the proposer, but not afterwards.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1587 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1587.

1587.  A proposal is revoked by any of the following:(a) By the communication of notice of revocation by the proposer to the other party, in the manner prescribed by Sections 1581 and 1583, before his or her acceptance has been communicated to the former.(b) By the lapse of the time prescribed in the proposal for its acceptance or, if no time is prescribed, the lapse of a reasonable time without communication of the acceptance.(c) By the failure of the acceptor to fulfill a condition precedent to acceptance.(d) By the death or legal incapacity to make decisions of the proposer.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 2. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Civ Code § 1588 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1588.

1588.  A contract which is voidable solely for want of due consent, may be ratified by a subsequent consent.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1589 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1589.

1589.  A voluntary acceptance of the benefit of a transaction is equivalent to a consent to all the obligations arising from it, so far as the facts are known, or ought to be known, to the person accepting.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1590 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 3 - Consent|Section 1590.

1590.  Where either party to a contemplated marriage in this State makes a gift of money or property to the other on the basis or assumption that the marriage will take place, in the event that the donee refuses to enter into the marriage as contemplated or that it is given up by mutual consent, the donor may recover such gift or such part of its value as may, under all of the circumstances of the case, be found by a court or jury to be just.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 128.)
CA Civ Code § 1595 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 4 - Object of a Contract|Section 1595.

1595.  The object of a contract is the thing which it is agreed, on the part of the party receiving the consideration, to do or not to do.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1596 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 4 - Object of a Contract|Section 1596.

1596.  The object of a contract must be lawful when the contract is made, and possible and ascertainable by the time the contract is to be performed.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1597 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 4 - Object of a Contract|Section 1597.

1597.  Everything is deemed possible except that which is impossible in the nature of things.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1598 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 4 - Object of a Contract|Section 1598.

1598.  Where a contract has but a single object, and such object is unlawful, whether in whole or in part, or wholly impossible of performance, or so vaguely expressed as to be wholly unascertainable, the entire contract is void.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1599 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 4 - Object of a Contract|Section 1599.

1599.  Where a contract has several distinct objects, of which one at least is lawful, and one at least is unlawful, in whole or in part, the contract is void as to the latter and valid as to the rest.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 5 - Consideration|Section 1605.

1605.  Any benefit conferred, or agreed to be conferred, upon the promisor, by any other person, to which the promisor is not lawfully entitled, or any prejudice suffered, or agreed to be suffered, by such person, other than such as he is at the time of consent lawfully bound to suffer, as an inducement to the promisor, is a good consideration for a promise.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1606 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 5 - Consideration|Section 1606.

1606.  An existing legal obligation resting upon the promisor, or a moral obligation originating in some benefit conferred upon the promisor, or prejudice suffered by the promisee, is also a good consideration for a promise, to an extent corresponding with the extent of the obligation, but no further or otherwise.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1607 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 5 - Consideration|Section 1607.

1607.  The consideration of a contract must be lawful within the meaning of Section 1667.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1608 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 5 - Consideration|Section 1608.

1608.  If any part of a single consideration for one or more objects, or of several considerations for a single object, is unlawful, the entire contract is void.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1609 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 5 - Consideration|Section 1609.

1609.  A consideration may be executed or executory, in whole or in part. In so far as it is executory it is subject to the provisions of Chapter IV of this Title.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1610 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 5 - Consideration|Section 1610.

1610.  When a consideration is executory, it is not indispensable that the contract should specify its amount or the means of ascertaining it. It may be left to the decision of a third person, or regulated by any specified standard.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1611 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 5 - Consideration|Section 1611.

1611.  When a contract does not determine the amount of the consideration, nor the method by which it is to be ascertained, or when it leaves the amount thereof to the discretion of an interested party, the consideration must be so much money as the object of the contract is reasonably worth.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1612 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 5 - Consideration|Section 1612.

1612.  Where a contract provides an exclusive method by which its consideration is to be ascertained, which method is on its face impossible of execution, the entire contract is void; but this section shall not apply to the cases provided for in sections 1729 and 1730 of this code.(Amended by Stats. 1931, Ch. 1070.)
CA Civ Code § 1613 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 5 - Consideration|Section 1613.

1613.  Where a contract provides an exclusive method by which its consideration is to be ascertained, which method appears possible on its face, but in fact is, or becomes, impossible of execution, such provision only is void; but this section shall not apply to the cases provided for in sections 1729 and 1730 of this code.(Amended by Stats. 1931, Ch. 1070.)
CA Civ Code § 1614 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 5 - Consideration|Section 1614.

1614.  A written instrument is presumptive evidence of a consideration.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1615 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT|CHAPTER 5 - Consideration|Section 1615.

1615.  The burden of showing a want of consideration sufficient to support an instrument lies with the party seeking to invalidate or avoid it.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 1671 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 4.5 - LIQUIDATED DAMAGES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 1671.

1671.  (a) This section does not apply in any case where another statute expressly applicable to the contract prescribes the rules or standard for determining the validity of a provision in the contract liquidating the damages for the breach of the contract.(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a provision in a contract liquidating the damages for the breach of the contract is valid unless the party seeking to invalidate the provision establishes that the provision was unreasonable under the circumstances existing at the time the contract was made.(c) The validity of a liquidated damages provision shall be determined under subdivision (d) and not under subdivision (b) where the liquidated damages are sought to be recovered from either:(1) A party to a contract for the retail purchase, or rental, by such party of personal property or services, primarily for the party’s personal, family, or household purposes; or(2) A party to a lease of real property for use as a dwelling by the party or those dependent upon the party for support.(d) In the cases described in subdivision (c), a provision in a contract liquidating damages for the breach of the contract is void except that the parties to such a contract may agree therein upon an amount which shall be presumed to be the amount of damage sustained by a breach thereof, when, from the nature of the case, it would be impracticable or extremely difficult to fix the actual damage.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 198.)
CA Civ Code § 1676 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 4.5 - LIQUIDATED DAMAGES|CHAPTER 2 - Default on Real Property Purchase Contract|Section 1676.

1676.  Except as provided in Section 1675, a provision in a contract to purchase and sell real property liquidating the damages to the seller if the buyer fails to complete the purchase of the property is valid if it satisfies the requirements of Section 1677 and the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 1671.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 198.)
CA Civ Code § 1677 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 4.5 - LIQUIDATED DAMAGES|CHAPTER 2 - Default on Real Property Purchase Contract|Section 1677.

1677.  A provision in a contract to purchase and sell real property liquidating the damages to the seller if the buyer fails to complete the purchase of the property is invalid unless:(a) The provision is separately signed or initialed by each party to the contract; and(b) If the provision is included in a printed contract, it is set out either in at least 10-point bold type or in contrasting red print in at least eight-point bold type.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 198.)
CA Civ Code § 1678 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 4.5 - LIQUIDATED DAMAGES|CHAPTER 2 - Default on Real Property Purchase Contract|Section 1678.

1678.  If more than one payment made by the buyer is to constitute liquidated damages under Section 1675, the amount of any payment after the first payment is valid as liquidated damages only if (1) the total of all such payments satisfies the requirements of Section 1675 and (2) a separate liquidated damages provision satisfying the requirements of Section 1677 is separately signed or initialed by each party to the contract for each such subsequent payment.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 198.)
CA Civ Code § 1679 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTS|TITLE 4.5 - LIQUIDATED DAMAGES|CHAPTER 2 - Default on Real Property Purchase Contract|Section 1679.

1679.  This chapter applies only to a provision for liquidated damages to the seller if the buyer fails to complete the purchase of real property. The validity of any other provision for liquidated damages in a contract to purchase and sell real property shall be determined under Section 1671.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 198.)