{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1701","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1701","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 5. EXTINCTION OF CONTRACTS [1682. - 1701.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2/title-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Modification and Cancellation [1697. - 1701.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2/title-5/chapter-3"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Where a contract is executed in duplicate, an alteration or destruction of one copy, while the other exists, is not within the provisions of the last section.</p>","text":"Where a contract is executed in duplicate, an alteration or destruction of one copy, while the other exists, is not within the provisions of the last section.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/modification-and-cancellation-1701","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}