{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"2306","citation":"Civ. Code, § 2306","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 9. AGENCY [2295. - 2400.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-9"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Agency in General [2295. - 2357.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-9/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Authority of Agents [2304. - 2326.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-9/chapter-1/article-2"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/authority-of-agents-2306","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}