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DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273.91›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273.91›TITLE 13. SURETYSHIP 2787-2856›ARTICLE 7. Position of Sureties 2832-2856

§ 2850

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

Whenever property of a surety is hypothecated with property of the principal, the surety is entitled to have the property of the principal first applied to the discharge of the obligation.

(Enacted 1872.)

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