{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2320","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2320","heading":"","body":"An agent has power to disobey instructions in dealing with the subject of the agency, in cases where it is clearly for the interest of his principal that he should do so, and there is not time to communicate with the principal.","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 2. Authority of Agents [2304. - 2326.]"],"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":"3e11281f7d3e38a7cba1c47b55641255a576af120a99d116a7ce31afd61ac143","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2319","next":"us-ca/civ-2321"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}