{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1531","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1531","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 5. Novation [1530. - [1533.]]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-1/title-4/chapter-5"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Novation is made:</p><p>1. By the substitution of a new obligation between the same parties, with intent to extinguish the old obligation;</p><p>2. By the substitution of a new debtor in place of the old one, with intent to release the latter; or,</p><p>3. By the substitution of a new creditor in place of the old one, with intent to transfer the rights of the latter to the former.</p>","text":"Novation is made: 1. By the substitution of a new obligation between the same parties, with intent to extinguish the old obligation; 2. By the substitution of a new debtor in place of the old one, with intent to release the latter; or, 3. By the substitution of a new creditor in place of the old one, with intent to transfer the rights of the latter to the former.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/novation-1530-1533-1531","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}