{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1505","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1505","heading":"","body":"If anything is given to a creditor by way of performance, which he refuses to accept as such, he is not bound to return it without demand; but if he retains it, he is a gratuitous depositary thereof.","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 2. Offer of Performance [1485. - 1505.]"],"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":"82f49f6f1e4538a5ee28e1dac8be2e0abafd175edd9784c465f4ee345d2e327f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1504","next":"us-ca/civ-1511"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}