{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1701","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1701","heading":"","body":"Where a contract is executed in duplicate, an alteration or destruction of one copy, while the other exists, is not within the provisions of the last section.","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":"4a5ac0f6c38f300779f0dc2a0fa00eba9d92b74c0d2b29a57260b37ee8ff5fa5","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1700","next":"us-ca/civ-1708"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}