DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273.16›TITLE 4. LOAN 1884-1923.10›CHAPTER 3. Loan of Money 1912-1916.12

§ 1912

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

A loan of money is a contract by which one delivers a sum of money to another, and the latter agrees to return at a future time a sum equivalent to that which he borrowed. A loan for mere use is governed by the Chapter on Loan for Use.

(Enacted 1872.)

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