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Civil Code § 3387

ARTICLE 3. Specific Performance of Obligations [[3384.] - 3395.]

Current as of September 28, 2026Civ. Code, § 3387Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 937, Sec. 1.

It is to be presumed that the breach of an agreement to transfer real property cannot be adequately relieved by pecuniary compensation. In the case of a single-family dwelling which the party seeking performance intends to occupy, this presumption is conclusive. In all other cases, this presumption is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.