{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1476","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1476","heading":"","body":"If a creditor, or any one of two or more joint creditors, at any time directs the debtor to perform his obligation in a particular manner, the obligation is extinguished by performance in that manner, even though the creditor does not receive the benefit of such performance.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL [1427. - 1543.]","TITLE 4. EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS [1473. - 1543.]","CHAPTER 1. Performance [1473. - [1479.]]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"b6142ce242cf764120d90f1ac4e028ac016785a3a1c8fc351cb79498b2858a80","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1475","next":"us-ca/civ-1477"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}