California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 1622

All contracts may be oral, except such as are specially required by statute to be in writing.

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Cal. Civ. Code § 1622 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/civ/division-3-obligations/part-2-contracts/title-2-manner-of-creating-contracts/section-1622

Other sections in Title 2 - MANNER OF CREATING CONTRACTS

§ 1619§ 1620§ 1621§ 1622§ 1623§ 1624§ 1624.5§ 1625§ 1626§ 1627§ 1628§ 1629§ 1630§ 1630.5§ 1631§ 1632§ 1632.5§ 1633

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