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DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273.16›TITLE 13. SURETYSHIP 2787-2856›ARTICLE 3. Interpretation of Suretyship 2799-2802

§ 2802

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

In the cases mentioned in Section 2800, the removal of the principal from the State, leaving no property therein from which the obligation might be satisfied, is equivalent to the insolvency of the principal in its effect upon the rights and obligations of the guarantor.

(Enacted 1872.)

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