{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1572","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1572","heading":"","body":"Actual fraud, within the meaning of this Chapter, consists in any of the following acts, committed by a party to the contract, or with his connivance, with intent to deceive another party thereto, or to induce him to enter into the contract:\n1. The suggestion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who does not believe it to be true;\n2. The positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of that which is not true, though he believes it to be true;\n3. The suppression of that which is true, by one having knowledge or belief of the fact;\n4. A promise made without any intention of performing it; or,\n5. Any other act fitted to deceive.","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":"5788cea8df7ef76eff83452676af83fff876ee2e9ff07caa0deb9591f78ec01c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1571","next":"us-ca/civ-1573"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}