California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 2306

An agent can never have authority, either actual or ostensible, to do an act which is, and is known or suspected by the person with whom he deals, to be a fraud upon the principal.

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Cal. Civ. Code § 2306 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/civ/division-3-obligations/part-4-obligations-arising-from-particular-transactions/title-9-agency/chapter-1-agency-in-general/article-2-authority-of-agents/section-2306

Other sections in Article 2 - Authority of Agents

§ 2304§ 2305§ 2306§ 2307§ 2308§ 2309§ 2310§ 2311§ 2312§ 2313…§ 2317§ 2318§ 2319§ 2320§ 2321§ 2322§ 2323§ 2324§ 2325§ 2326

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