{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2333","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2333","heading":"","body":"When an agent exceeds his authority, his principal is bound by his authorized acts so far only as they can be plainly separated from those which are unauthorized.","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 3. Mutual Obligations of Principals and Third Persons [2330. - 2339.]"],"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":"9703158a0a2bfa7c2a5b6b33c74587bf4f0e597d4a6897f478ee6cc27bd0716b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2332","next":"us-ca/civ-2334"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}