{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-3431","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 3431","heading":"","body":"In the absence of fraud, every contract of a debtor is valid against all his creditors, existing or subsequent, who have not acquired a lien on the property affected by such contract.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274. - 9566.]","PART 2. SPECIAL RELATIONS OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR [3429. - 3449.]","TITLE 1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES [3429. - 3434.]"],"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":"211d252ac6f99d70c9c4a364b73d8423ffe7ddba00902f4b6f9981d2de0548f7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-3430","next":"us-ca/civ-3432"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}