{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2300","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2300","heading":"","body":"An agency is ostensible when the principal intentionally, or by want of ordinary care, causes a third person to believe another to be his agent who is not really employed by him.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 9. AGENCY [2295. - 2400.]","CHAPTER 1. Agency in General [2295. - 2357.]","ARTICLE 1. Definition of Agency [2295. - 2300.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"6e12ac77bdd64b35a5e6502814bfdedac399ad78de6824241d6b0cfba181901e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2299","next":"us-ca/civ-2304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}