{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1565","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1565","heading":"","body":"The consent of the parties to a contract must be:\n1. Free;\n2. Mutual; and,\n3. Communicated by each to the other.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 2. CONTRACTS [1549. - 1701.]","TITLE 1. NATURE OF A CONTRACT [1549. - 1615.]","CHAPTER 3. Consent [1565. - 1590.]"],"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":"6495b0189b88c17a799a83e65d2527219438b29a6ab8034cdbf9cac899bc3838","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1559","next":"us-ca/civ-1566"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}