2020 California Code
Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS
PART 3 - OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED BY LAW
Section 1710.

Universal Citation: CA Civ Code § 1710 (2020)
1710.  

A deceit, within the meaning of the last section, is either:

1. The suggestion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who does not believe it to be true;

2. The assertion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who has no reasonable ground for believing it to be true;

3. The suppression of a fact, by one who is bound to disclose it, or who gives information of other facts which are likely to mislead for want of communication of that fact; or,

4. A promise, made without any intention of performing it.

(Enacted 1872.)

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