Civil Code section 1679

This chapter applies only to a provision for liquidated damages to the seller if the buyer fails to complete the purchase of real property. The validity of any other provision for liquidated damages in a contract to purchase and sell real property shall be determined under Section 1671.

Source: Section 1679, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1679. (updated Jan. 1, 1977; accessed Oct. 19, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/civil_code_section_1679

Original Source: Section 1679, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1679. (last accessed May 12, 2025).