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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.]

§ [1524.]

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

Section Fifteen Hundred and Twenty-four. Part performance of an obligation, either before or after a breach thereof, when expressly accepted by the creditor in writing, in satisfaction, or rendered in pursuance of an agreement in writing for that purpose, though without any new consideration, extinguishes the obligation.

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

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