# Oral contract · California — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

For Oral contract · California, limitation period is Within two years; section is 339; how the statute describes it is An action upon a contract, obligation or liability not founded upon an instrument of writing, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Oral contract _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** California _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** Within two years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** An action upon a contract, obligation or liability not founded upon an instrument of writing _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** 339 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 339. Within two years: 1. An action upon a contract, obligation or liability not founded upon an instrument of writing, except as provided in Section 2725 of the Commercial Code or subdivision 2 of Section 337 of this code;

## Source

- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CCP&division=&title=2.&part=2&chapter=3&article=

Last verified: 2026-08-25. Review by: 2027-08-25.
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