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DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273.91›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273.91›TITLE 9. AGENCY 2295-2400›CHAPTER 1. Agency in General 2295-2357›ARTICLE 4. Obligations of Agents to Third Persons 2342-2345

§ 2343

California Civil Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

One who assumes to act as an agent is responsible to third persons as a principal for his acts in the course of his agency, in any of the following cases, and in no others:

  1. When, with his consent, credit is given to him personally in a transaction;

  2. When he enters into a written contract in the name of his principal, without believing, in good faith, that he has authority to do so; or,

  3. When his acts are wrongful in their nature.

(Enacted 1872.)

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