DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL 1427-1543›TITLE 4. EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS 1473-1543›CHAPTER 4. Accord and Satisfaction [[1521.] - 1526.]

§ [1521.]

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

Section Fifteen Hundred and Twenty-one. An accord is an agreement to accept, in extinction of an obligation, something different from or less than that to which the person agreeing to accept is entitled.

(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)

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