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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 7. Position of Sureties 2832-2856

§ 2845

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

A surety may require the creditor, subject to Section 996.440 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to proceed against the principal, or to pursue any other remedy in the creditor’s power which the surety cannot pursue, and which would lighten the surety’s burden; and if the creditor neglects to do so, the surety is exonerated to the extent to which the surety is thereby prejudiced.

(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 73.)

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