California Civil Code TITLE 2 - MANNER OF CREATING CONTRACTS

• Section 1619.
  A contract is either express or implied.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1620.
  An express contract is one, the terms of which are stated in words.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1621.
  An implied contract is one, the existence and terms of which are manifested by conduct.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1622.
  All contracts may be oral, except such as are specially required by statute to be in writing.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1623.
  Where a contract, which is required by law to be in writing, is prevented from being put into writing by the fraud of a party...
• Section 1624.
  (a) The following contracts are invalid, unless they, or some note or memorandum thereof, are in writing and subscribed by the party to be charged or...
• Section 1624.5.
  (a) Except in the cases described in subdivision (b), a contract for the sale of personal property is not enforceable by way of action or defense...
• Section 1625.
  The execution of a contract in writing, whether the law requires it to be written or not, supersedes all the negotiations or stipulations concerning its...
• Section 1626.
  A contract in writing takes effect upon its delivery to the party in whose favor it is made, or to his agent.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1627.
  The provisions of the Chapter on Transfers in General, concerning the delivery of grants, absolute and conditional, apply to all written contracts.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1628.
  A corporate or official seal may be affixed to an instrument by a mere impression upon the paper or other material on which such instrument...
• Section 1629.
  All distinctions between sealed and unsealed instruments are abolished.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 1630.
  Except as provided in Section 1630.5, a printed contract of bailment providing for the parking or storage of a motor vehicle shall not be binding,...
• Section 1630.5.
  The provisions of any contract of bailment for the parking or storage of a motor vehicle shall not exempt the bailee from liability, either in...
• Section 1631.
  Every person in this State who sells machinery used or to be used for mining purposes shall, at the time of sale, give to the...
• Section 1632.
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(1) This section was enacted in 1976 to increase consumer information and protections for the state’s sizeable...
• Section 1632.5.
  (a) A supervised financial organization that negotiates primarily in Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, or Korean, whether orally or in writing, in the course of entering into...
• Section 1633.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an application by a prospective customer to enter into a brokerage agreement with a broker-dealer, which application is transmitted...

Last modified: October 22, 2018