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Civil Code § 2848

ARTICLE 7. Position of Sureties

Current as of September 28, 2026Civ. Code, § 2848Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

A surety, upon satisfying the obligation of the principal, is entitled to enforce every remedy which the creditor then has against the principal to the extent of reimbursing what he has expended, and also to require all his co-sureties to contribute thereto, without regard to the order of time in which they became such.