{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"2021","citation":"Civ. Code, § 2021","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3"},{"name":"PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 6. SERVICE [2019. - 2082.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-6"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Particular Employments [2019. - 2030.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-6/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Agents [2019. - 2022.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-6/chapter-2/article-2"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>An agent employed to collect a negotiable instrument must collect it promptly, and take all measures necessary to charge the parties thereto, in case of its dishonor; and, if it is a bill of exchange, must present it for acceptance with reasonable diligence.</p>","text":"An agent employed to collect a negotiable instrument must collect it promptly, and take all measures necessary to charge the parties thereto, in case of its dishonor; and, if it is a bill of exchange, must present it for acceptance with reasonable diligence.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/agents-2021","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}