{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1505","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1505","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3"},{"name":"PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL [1427. - 1543.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 4. EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS [1473. - 1543.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-1/title-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Offer of Performance [1485. - 1505.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-1/title-4/chapter-2"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>If anything is given to a creditor by way of performance, which he refuses to accept as such, he is not bound to return it without demand; but if he retains it, he is a gratuitous depositary thereof.</p>","text":"If anything is given to a creditor by way of performance, which he refuses to accept as such, he is not bound to return it without demand; but if he retains it, he is a gratuitous depositary thereof.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/offer-of-performance-1505","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}