Sections
18 entriesSection 1619Defines every contract as either express or implied. The provision creates the basic classification of contracts into those two categories, so a…Section 1620Defines an express contract as a contract whose terms are stated in words. The classification turns on verbal expression of the contract’s…Section 1621Defines an implied contract as a contract whose existence and terms are manifested by conduct. The classification therefore applies when the parties’…Section 1622Allows contracts to be made orally unless a statute specifically requires the particular contract to be in writing. Oral contracting is therefore…Section 1623Allows enforcement against a fraudulent party when that party’s fraud prevents a legally required written contract from being put into writing and…Section 1624Requires specified contracts to be written and signed, including agreements not performable within one year, certain guarantees, real-property sales or leases over…Section 1624.5Limits enforcement of personal-property sale contracts over $5,000 to those supported by a legally permitted signed record identifying the contract, price, and…Section 1625Establishes that executing a written contract supersedes all prior or contemporaneous negotiations and stipulations concerning the same subject matter, whether or not…Section 1626Establishes that a written contract takes effect when it is delivered to the party in whose favor the contract is made or…Section 1627Extends the rules in the Chapter on Transfers in General concerning delivery of absolute and conditional grants to all written contracts. Written…Section 1628Allows a corporate or official seal to be affixed to an instrument by making a direct impression on the paper or other…Section 1629Establishes that sealed and unsealed instruments have no legal distinction under the governing rules. The presence or absence of a seal therefore…Section 1630Requires printed motor-vehicle parking or storage bailment contracts to display a 10-point-or-larger capital-letter liability warning, use at least eight-point type, and post…Section 1630.5Prohibits a parking or storage bailment contract from exempting the bailee, wholly or partly, from liability for theft of a motor vehicle…Section 1631Requires sellers of mining machinery to give the buyer a bill of sale at the time of sale and keep a written…Section 1632Requires businesses negotiating specified consumer, legal-service, foreclosure-consulting, residential-tenancy longer than one month, and, from January 1, 2025, qualified commercial-tenancy agreements primarily in…Section 1632.5Requires supervised financial organizations negotiating specified residential real-property loans mainly in Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, or Korean to provide translated forms, generally…Section 1633Establishes that an electronically transmitted brokerage application bearing an electronic or qualifying digital signature becomes a fully executed, valid, enforceable, and irrevocable…