Cal. COM § 17201
This is the official text of Cal. COM § 17201, part of California’s Commercial Code — california's version of the Uniform Commercial Code, governing sales, negotiable instruments, and secured transactions.
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Official statutory text
Except as provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 17301), a transaction validly entered into before the effective date of the act adding this division and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from the transaction remain valid thereafter and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced as required or permitted by law other than this code or, if applicable, this code, as though the act adding this division had not taken effect.
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