{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"2322","citation":"Civ. Code, § 2322","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":"Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 113, Sec. 5.   Effective May 25, 1988.   Operative July 1, 1988, by Sec. 23 of Ch. 113.","effective":"1988-05-25","html":"<p>An authority expressed in general terms, however broad, does not authorize an agent to do any of the following:</p><p>(a) Act in the agent’s own name, unless it is the usual course of business to do so.</p><p>(b) Define the scope of the agency.</p><p>(c) Violate a duty to which a trustee is subject under Section <a href=\"/prob/16002\">16002</a>, <a href=\"/prob/16004\">16004</a>, <a href=\"/prob/16005\">16005</a>, or <a href=\"/prob/16009\">16009</a> of the Probate Code.</p>","text":"An authority expressed in general terms, however broad, does not authorize an agent to do any of the following: (a) Act in the agent’s own name, unless it is the usual course of business to do so. (b) Define the scope of the agency. (c) Violate a duty to which a trustee is subject under Section 16002, 16004, 16005, or 16009 of the Probate Code.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/authority-of-agents-2322","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}