{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1699","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1699","heading":"","body":"The destruction or cancellation of a written contract, or of the signature of the parties liable thereon, with intent to extinguish the obligation thereof, extinguishes it as to all the parties consenting to the act.","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":"0d0d5351f4224694b679905e25137627007537e8cffd56b49731771101624b08","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1698","next":"us-ca/civ-1700"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}