{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"2825","citation":"Civ. Code, § 2825","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 13. SURETYSHIP [2787. - 2856.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-13"},{"name":"ARTICLE 6. Exoneration of Sureties [2819. - 2825.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-13/article-6"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 453.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A surety is not exonerated by the discharge of his principal by operation of law, without the intervention or omission of the creditor.</p>","text":"A surety is not exonerated by the discharge of his principal by operation of law, without the intervention or omission of the creditor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/exoneration-of-sureties-2825","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}