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 2. Authority of Agents 2304-2326

§ 2306

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

An agent can never have authority, either actual or ostensible, to do an act which is, and is known or suspected by the person with whom he deals, to be a fraud upon the principal.

(Enacted 1872.)

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