{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1559","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1559","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 2. CONTRACTS [1549. - 1701.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 1. NATURE OF A CONTRACT [1549. - 1615.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2/title-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Parties [1556. - 1559.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2/title-1/chapter-2"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A contract, made expressly for the benefit of a third person, may be enforced by him at any time before the parties thereto rescind it.</p>","text":"A contract, made expressly for the benefit of a third person, may be enforced by him at any time before the parties thereto rescind it.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/parties-1559","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}