DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL 1427-1543›TITLE 2. INTERPRETATION OF OBLIGATIONS 1429-1451›CHAPTER 3. Conditional Obligations 1434-1442

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California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

A condition precedent is one which is to be performed before some right dependent thereon accrues, or some act dependent thereon is performed.

(Enacted 1872.)

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