{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1620","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1620","heading":"","body":"An express contract is one, the terms of which are stated in words.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 2. CONTRACTS [1549. - 1701.]","TITLE 2. MANNER OF CREATING CONTRACTS [1619. - 1633.]"],"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":"6b41b15dfb9d964bc3d71a429e8a30b6f5764eed9f9e71c59e7d13614fc39b80","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1619","next":"us-ca/civ-1621"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}