If any provision of this title or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this title which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this title are severable.
§ 676.15.Severability of Provisions
Title 8.5. Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act · Enacted 1991 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 676.15 provides that if any provision of the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act, or its application to a particular person or situation, is held invalid, the rest of the title remains in effect wherever it can operate without the invalid part.
Full Text of § 676.15
Plain-English Summary
This is a standard severability clause, protecting the rest of Title 8.5 from collapsing if one piece of it doesn't hold up. If a court finds any provision of this title invalid — or finds it invalid only as applied to a specific person or situation — that ruling doesn't affect the rest of the Act's provisions or applications, so long as they can still function without the invalid piece.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if a court strikes down one provision of this Act?
The rest of the title stays in effect wherever it can operate without that provision.
Does an as-applied invalidity ruling affect the whole Act?
No, it's limited to that specific application, leaving other applications of the same provision intact.
Amendment History
Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 932, Sec. 1.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 28, 2026.
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Also known as: severability foreign money claims act