{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1640","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1640","heading":"","body":"When, through fraud, mistake, or accident, a written contract fails to express the real intention of the parties, such intention is to be regarded, and the erroneous parts of the writing disregarded.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 2. CONTRACTS [1549. - 1701.]","TITLE 3. INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS [1635. - 1663.]"],"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":"ea228ba11550dcdab85c1a0efb3609a37e094f88d6e5246e7f8bbcda0052137f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1639","next":"us-ca/civ-1641"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}