DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 1. PROPERTY IN GENERAL 654-749›TITLE 2. OWNERSHIP 669-742›CHAPTER 2. Modifications of Ownership 678-726›ARTICLE 2. Conditions of Ownership 707-714.7

§ 709

California Civil Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

If a condition precedent requires the performance of an act wrong of itself, the instrument containing it is so far void, and the right cannot exist. If it requires the performance of an act not wrong of itself, but otherwise unlawful, the instrument takes effect and the condition is void.

(Enacted 1872.)

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