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DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3272.9›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273›TITLE 4. LOAN 1884-1923.10›CHAPTER 1. Loan for Use 1884-1896

§ 1892

California Civil Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The borrower of a thing for use must bear all its expenses during the loan, except such as are necessarily incurred by him to preserve it from unexpected and unusual injury. For such expenses he is entitled to compensation from the lender, who may, however, exonerate himself by surrendering the thing to the borrower.

(Enacted 1872.)

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