{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1572","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1572","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>Actual fraud, within the meaning of this Chapter, consists in any of the following acts, committed by a party to the contract, or with his connivance, with intent to deceive another party thereto, or to induce him to enter into the contract:</p><p>1. The suggestion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who does not believe it to be true;</p><p>2. The positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of that which is not true, though he believes it to be true; </p><p>3. The suppression of that which is true, by one having knowledge or belief of the fact;</p><p>4. A promise made without any intention of performing it; or,</p><p>5. Any other act fitted to deceive.</p>","text":"Actual fraud, within the meaning of this Chapter, consists in any of the following acts, committed by a party to the contract, or with his connivance, with intent to deceive another party thereto, or to induce him to enter into the contract: 1. The suggestion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who does not believe it to be true; 2. The positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of that which is not true, though he believes it to be true; 3. The suppression of that which is true, by one having knowledge or belief of the fact; 4. A promise made without any intention of performing it; or, 5. Any other act fitted to deceive.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/consent-1572","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}