{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2334","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2334","heading":"","body":"A principal is bound by acts of his agent, under a merely ostensible authority, to those persons only who have in good faith, and without want of ordinary care, incurred a liability or parted with value, upon the faith thereof.","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":"7376631c5093d5d7d3a13598c08055e02f140ae8b131980a343a999bab4d3f59","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2333","next":"us-ca/civ-2335"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}