California Civil Code ARTICLE 6 - Exoneration of Sureties

• Section 2819.
  A surety is exonerated, except so far as he or she may be indemnified by the principal, if by any act of the creditor, without...
• Section 2820.
  That a promise by a creditor is for any cause void, or voidable by him at his option, shall not prevent it from altering the...
• Section 2821.
  The rescission of an agreement altering the original obligation of a debtor, or impairing the remedy of a creditor, does not restore the liability of...
• Section 2822.
  (a) The acceptance, by a creditor, of anything in partial satisfaction of an obligation, reduces the obligation of a surety thereof, in the same measure as...
• Section 2823.
  Mere delay on the part of a creditor to proceed against the principal, or to enforce any other remedy, does not exonerate a surety.(Amended by...
• Section 2824.
  A surety, who has been indemnified by the principal, is liable to the creditor to the extent of the indemnity, notwithstanding that the creditor, without...
• Section 2825.
  A surety is not exonerated by the discharge of his principal by operation of law, without the intervention or omission of the creditor.(Amended by Stats....

Last modified: October 22, 2018