Civil Code section 1524

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.

Source: Section 1524, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1524. (accessed Sep. 8, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/civil_code_section_1524

Original Source: Section 1524, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1524. (last accessed May 12, 2025).