Civil Code section 1760

This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are to protect consumers against unfair and deceptive business practices and to provide efficient and economical procedures to secure such protection.

Source: Section 1760, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1760. (updated Jan. 1, 1970; accessed Sep. 1, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/civil_code_section_1760

Original Source: Section 1760, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1760. (last accessed May 12, 2025).