California Civil Code

§ 2809

Name: California Superior Court Tentative Rulings
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License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

CIV § 2809Div. 3 · Title 13 · Part 4 · Art. 4

Statute text

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The obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; and if in its terms it exceeds it, it is reducible in proportion to the principal obligation.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 453.