California Civil Code ARTICLE 1 - Definition of Suretyship

• Section 2787.
  The distinction between sureties and guarantors is hereby abolished. The terms and their derivatives, wherever used in this code or in any other statute or...
• Section 2788.
  A person may become surety even without the knowledge or consent of the principal.(Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 453.)

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