{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"3399","citation":"Civ. Code, § 3399","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274. - 9566.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4"},{"name":"PART 1. RELIEF [3274. - 3428.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 3. SPECIFIC AND PREVENTIVE RELIEF [3366. - 3424.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-1/title-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Specific Relief [3375. - 3415.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-1/title-3/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Revision of Contracts [3399. - 3402.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-1/title-3/chapter-2/article-4"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>When, through fraud or a mutual mistake of the parties, or a mistake of one party, which the other at the time knew or suspected, a written contract does not truly express the intention of the parties, it may be revised on the application of a party aggrieved, so as to express that intention, so far as it can be done without prejudice to rights acquired by third persons, in good faith and for value.</p>","text":"When, through fraud or a mutual mistake of the parties, or a mistake of one party, which the other at the time knew or suspected, a written contract does not truly express the intention of the parties, it may be revised on the application of a party aggrieved, so as to express that intention, so far as it can be done without prejudice to rights acquired by third persons, in good faith and for value.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/revision-of-contracts-3399","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}