DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273.16›TITLE 9. AGENCY 2295-2400›CHAPTER 1. Agency in General 2295-2357›ARTICLE 1. Definition of Agency 2295-2300

§ 2300

California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

An agency is ostensible when the principal intentionally, or by want of ordinary care, causes a third person to believe another to be his agent who is not really employed by him.

(Enacted 1872.)

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