California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 2809

Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 453.

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.

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Cal. Civ. Code § 2809 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/civ/division-3-obligations/part-4-obligations-arising-from-particular-transactions/title-13-suretyship/article-4-liability-of-sureties/section-2809

Other sections in Article 4 - Liability of Sureties

§ 2806§ 2807§ 2808§ 2809§ 2810§ 2811

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