{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1677","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1677","heading":"","body":"A provision in a contract to purchase and sell real property liquidating the damages to the seller if the buyer fails to complete the purchase of the property is invalid unless:\n(a) The provision is separately signed or initialed by each party to the contract; and\n(b) If the provision is included in a printed contract, it is set out either in at least 10-point bold type or in contrasting red print in at least eight-point bold type.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 2. CONTRACTS [1549. - 1701.]","TITLE 4.5. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES [1671. - 1681.]","CHAPTER 2. Default on Real Property Purchase Contract [1675. - 1681.]"],"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":"b231de0a5d5543236040d949561faa87d325a2d6ef26d6cad6ae6a137c6d50c2","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1676","next":"us-ca/civ-1678"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}