Civil Code › DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS › PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL › TITLE 4. EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS › CHAPTER 5. Novation [1530. - [1533.]]Civil Code § 1530‹ § 1526§ 1531 ›Copy linkOpen in browserleginfo ↗1530.Novation is the substitution of a new obligation for an existing one.(Enacted 1872.)