{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1612","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1612","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 5. Consideration [1605. - 1615.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2/title-1/chapter-5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1931, Ch. 1070.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Where a contract provides an exclusive method by which its consideration is to be ascertained, which method is on its face impossible of execution, the entire contract is void; but this section shall not apply to the cases provided for in sections 1729 and 1730 of this code.</p>","text":"Where a contract provides an exclusive method by which its consideration is to be ascertained, which method is on its face impossible of execution, the entire contract is void; but this section shall not apply to the cases provided for in sections 1729 and 1730 of this code.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/consideration-1612","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}