DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 2. CONTRACTS 1549-1701›TITLE 5. EXTINCTION OF CONTRACTS 1682-1701›CHAPTER 3. Modification and Cancellation 1697-1701

§ 1699

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

The destruction or cancellation of a written contract, or of the signature of the parties liable thereon, with intent to extinguish the obligation thereof, extinguishes it as to all the parties consenting to the act.

(Enacted 1872.)

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