Civil Code § 2809

ARTICLE 4. Liability of Sureties

Current as of September 28, 2026Civ. Code, § 2809Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 453.

The obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; and if in its terms it exceeds it, it is reducible in proportion to the principal obligation.