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Code of Civil Procedure § 26

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 26Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 21. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.

An obligation is a legal duty, by which one person is bound to do or not to do a certain thing, and arises from either of the following:

(a) Contract.

(b) Operation of law.