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DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3272.9›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273›TITLE 9. AGENCY 2295-2400›CHAPTER 1. Agency in General 2295-2357›ARTICLE 2. Authority of Agents 2304-2326

§ 2319

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

An agent has authority:

  1. To do everything necessary or proper and usual, in the ordinary course of business, for effecting the purpose of his agency; and,

  2. To make a representation respecting any matter of fact, not including the terms of his authority, but upon which his right to use his authority depends, and the truth of which cannot be determined by the use of reasonable diligence on the part of the person to whom the representation is made.

(Enacted 1872.)

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