{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"2849","citation":"Civ. Code, § 2849","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 7. Position of Sureties [2832. - 2856.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-13/article-7"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A surety is entitled to the benefit of every security for the performance of the principal obligation held by the creditor, or by a co-surety at the time of entering into the contract of suretyship, or acquired by him afterwards, whether the surety was aware of the security or not.</p>","text":"A surety is entitled to the benefit of every security for the performance of the principal obligation held by the creditor, or by a co-surety at the time of entering into the contract of suretyship, or acquired by him afterwards, whether the surety was aware of the security or not.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/position-of-sureties-2849","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}