California Civil Code

§ 1689

CIV § 1689Div. 3 · Title 5 · Part 2 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)A contract may be rescinded if all the parties thereto consent.

(b)A party to a contract may rescind the contract in the following cases:

(1)If the consent of the party rescinding, or of any party jointly contracting with him, was given by mistake, or obtained through duress, menace, fraud, or undue influence, exercised by or with the connivance of the party as to whom he rescinds, or of any other party to the contract jointly interested with such party.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 589.