{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2809","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2809","heading":"","body":"The obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; and if in its terms it exceeds it, it is reducible in proportion to the principal obligation.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 13. SURETYSHIP [2787. - 2856.]","ARTICLE 4. Liability of Sureties [2806. - 2811.]"],"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":"27474ae02707157db720938c1e77306cfae35919590e10b1a89a14ec3e3cb608","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2808","next":"us-ca/civ-2810"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}