DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273.16›TITLE 12. INDEMNITY 2772-2784.5

§ 2772

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

Indemnity is a contract by which one engages to save another from a legal consequence of the conduct of one of the parties, or of some other person.

(Enacted 1872.)

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