{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1531","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1531","heading":"","body":"Novation is made:\n1. By the substitution of a new obligation between the same parties, with intent to extinguish the old obligation;\n2. By the substitution of a new debtor in place of the old one, with intent to release the latter; or,\n3. By the substitution of a new creditor in place of the old one, with intent to transfer the rights of the latter to the former.","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 5. Novation [1530. - [1533.]]"],"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":"293a58a1d000dbbc8602ef4342ef11da403313b1f2683b968b2c093dd9f86a91","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1530","next":"us-ca/civ-1532"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}