California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 2 — Contracts, Title 5 — Extinction of Contracts, Chapter 3 — Modification and Cancellation, Section 1699
The destruction or cancellation of a written contract, or of the signature of the parties liable thereon, with intent to extinguish the obligation thereof, extinguishes it as to all the parties consenting to the act.
Notes
Establishes that intentionally destroying or canceling a written contract, or the signatures of the parties liable on it, with intent to extinguish the obligation ends that obligation as to every party who consents to the destructive or canceling act, while nonconsenting parties are not extinguished by that act under this rule.
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