{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2349","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2349","heading":"","body":"An agent, unless specially forbidden by his principal to do so, can delegate his powers to another person in any of the following cases, and in no others:\n1. When the act to be done is purely mechanical;\n2. When it is such as the agent cannot himself, and the sub-agent can lawfully perform;\n3. When it is the usage of the place to delegate such powers; or,\n4. When such delegation is specially authorized by 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 5. Delegation of Agency [2349. - 2351.]"],"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":"ab081fd82a361c2f29530dcee753d82c6ec819cc2bfb9bc41a740d30dbf6ea2c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2345","next":"us-ca/civ-2350"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}