{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1565","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1565","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 3. Consent [1565. - 1590.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2/title-1/chapter-3"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The consent of the parties to a contract must be:</p><p>1. Free;</p><p>2. Mutual; and,</p><p>3. Communicated by each to the other.</p>","text":"The consent of the parties to a contract must be: 1. Free; 2. Mutual; and, 3. Communicated by each to the other.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/consent-1565","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}