DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3272.9›PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL 1427-1543›TITLE 4. EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS 1473-1543›CHAPTER 2. Offer of Performance 1485-1505

§ 1491

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

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.)

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