DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL 1427-1543›TITLE 4. EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS 1473-1543›CHAPTER 1. Performance [1473. - [1479.]]

§ 1476

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

If a creditor, or any one of two or more joint creditors, at any time directs the debtor to perform his obligation in a particular manner, the obligation is extinguished by performance in that manner, even though the creditor does not receive the benefit of such performance.

(Enacted 1872.)

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