California Civil Code Section 2809

CA Civ Code § 2809 (2017)  

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.

(Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 453.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018