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Civil Code § 2850

ARTICLE 7. Position of Sureties

Current as of September 28, 2026Civ. Code, § 2850Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

Whenever property of a surety is hypothecated with property of the principal, the surety is entitled to have the property of the principal first applied to the discharge of the obligation.