California Civil Code CHAPTER 4 - Accord and Satisfaction

• Section [1521.].
   Section Fifteen Hundred and Twenty-one. An accord is an agreement to accept, in extinction of an obligation, something different from or less than that to...
• Section 1522.
  Though the parties to an accord are bound to execute it, yet it does not extinguish the obligation until it is fully executed.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1523.
  Acceptance, by the creditor, of the consideration of an accord extinguishes the obligation, and is called satisfaction.(Enacted 1872.)
• 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,...
• Section 1525.
  It is the public policy of this State, in the best interests of the taxpayer and of the litigant, to encourage fair dealing and to...
• Section 1526.
  (a) Where a claim is disputed or unliquidated and a check or draft is tendered by the debtor in settlement thereof in full discharge of the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018