{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2343","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2343","heading":"","body":"One who assumes to act as an agent is responsible to third persons as a principal for his acts in the course of his agency, in any of the following cases, and in no others:\n1. When, with his consent, credit is given to him personally in a transaction;\n2. When he enters into a written contract in the name of his principal, without believing, in good faith, that he has authority to do so; or,\n3. When his acts are wrongful in their nature.","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 4. Obligations of Agents to Third Persons [2342. - 2345.]"],"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":"84ea2e4e7ed5f5ea2353b1edf0935dd3caadd857fec57878dc0f38b25a9a7500","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2342","next":"us-ca/civ-2344"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}