California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 2850

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.

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Cal. Civ. Code § 2850 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/civ/division-3-obligations/part-4-obligations-arising-from-particular-transactions/title-13-suretyship/article-7-position-of-sureties/section-2850

Other sections in Article 7 - Position of Sureties

§ 2832§ 2837§ 2838§ 2845§ 2846§ 2847§ 2848§ 2849§ 2850§ 2854§ 2855§ 2856

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