Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 676.4
676.4
Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 932, Sec. 1.
- (a) The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made is the proper money of the claim for payment.
(b) If the parties to a transaction have not otherwise agreed, the proper money of the claim, as in each case may be appropriate, is one of the following:
- (1) The money regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing.
- (2) The money used at the time of a transaction in international trade, by trade usage or common practice, for valuing or settling transactions in the particular commodity or service involved.
- (3) The money in which the loss was ultimately felt or will be incurred by the party claimant.