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Civil Code § 2320

ARTICLE 2. Authority of Agents

Current as of September 28, 2026Civ. Code, § 2320Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

An agent has power to disobey instructions in dealing with the subject of the agency, in cases where it is clearly for the interest of his principal that he should do so, and there is not time to communicate with the principal.