{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"2779","citation":"Civ. Code, § 2779","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 12. INDEMNITY [2772. - 2784.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-12"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Where one, at the request of another, engages to answer in damages, whether liquidated or unliquidated, for any violation of duty on the part of the latter, he is entitled to be reimbursed in the same manner as a surety, for whatever he may pay.</p>","text":"Where one, at the request of another, engages to answer in damages, whether liquidated or unliquidated, for any violation of duty on the part of the latter, he is entitled to be reimbursed in the same manner as a surety, for whatever he may pay.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/indemnity-2779","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}