{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2838","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2838","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding the recovery of judgment by a creditor against a surety, the latter still occupies the relation of surety.","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 7. Position of Sureties [2832. - 2856.]"],"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":"be047ca086476bf9d5c1aad8cc74873b0df3011524bde67cf7f6f8ee6eaebd28","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2837","next":"us-ca/civ-2839"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}