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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 5. Delegation of Agency 2349-2351

§ 2349

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

An agent, unless specially forbidden by his principal to do so, can delegate his powers to another person in any of the following cases, and in no others:

  1. When the act to be done is purely mechanical;

  2. When it is such as the agent cannot himself, and the sub-agent can lawfully perform;

  3. When it is the usage of the place to delegate such powers; or,

  4. When such delegation is specially authorized by the principal.

(Enacted 1872.)

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