{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1697","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1697","heading":"","body":"A contract not in writing may be modified in any respect by consent of the parties, in writing, without a new consideration, and is extinguished thereby to the extent of the modification.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 2. CONTRACTS [1549. - 1701.]","TITLE 5. EXTINCTION OF CONTRACTS [1682. - 1701.]","CHAPTER 3. Modification and Cancellation [1697. - 1701.]"],"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":"6342352f23321d6dcaaa8bbad6b80683104fd26c58ec6f06d0036ee7e0a29d6b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1695.17","next":"us-ca/civ-1698"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}