{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"2317","citation":"Civ. Code, § 2317","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>Ostensible authority is such as a principal, intentionally or by want of ordinary care, causes or allows a third person to believe the agent to possess.</p>","text":"Ostensible authority is such as a principal, intentionally or by want of ordinary care, causes or allows a third person to believe the agent to possess.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/authority-of-agents-2317","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}