DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273.91›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273.91›TITLE 13. SURETYSHIP 2787-2856›ARTICLE 4. Liability of Sureties 2806-2811

§ 2809

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

The obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; and if in its terms it exceeds it, it is reducible in proportion to the principal obligation.

(Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 453.)

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