{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1912","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1912","heading":"","body":"A loan of money is a contract by which one delivers a sum of money to another, and the latter agrees to return at a future time a sum equivalent to that which he borrowed. A loan for mere use is governed by the Chapter on Loan for Use.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 4. LOAN [1884. - 1923.10.]","CHAPTER 3. Loan of Money [1912. - 1916.12.]"],"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":"9933b730b776ad431858ac114c73697e2744fb3c5757386a19dea1aeba6de8d4","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1906","next":"us-ca/civ-1913"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}