{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"2310","citation":"Civ. Code, § 2310","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>A ratification can be made only in the manner that would have been necessary to confer an original authority for the act ratified, or where an oral authorization would suffice, by accepting or retaining the benefit of the act, with notice thereof.</p>","text":"A ratification can be made only in the manner that would have been necessary to confer an original authority for the act ratified, or where an oral authorization would suffice, by accepting or retaining the benefit of the act, with notice thereof.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/authority-of-agents-2310","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}