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DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3272.9›PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL 1427-1543›TITLE 2. INTERPRETATION OF OBLIGATIONS 1429-1451›CHAPTER 3. Conditional Obligations 1434-1442

§ 1439

California Civil Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Before any party to an obligation can require another party to perform any act under it, he must fulfill all conditions precedent thereto imposed upon himself; and must be able and offer to fulfill all conditions concurrent so imposed upon him on the like fulfillment by the other party, except as provided by the next section.

(Enacted 1872.)

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