DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 2. CONTRACTS 1549-1701›TITLE 3. INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS 1635-1663

§ 1640

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

When, through fraud, mistake, or accident, a written contract fails to express the real intention of the parties, such intention is to be regarded, and the erroneous parts of the writing disregarded.

(Enacted 1872.)

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