{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2849","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2849","heading":"","body":"A surety is entitled to the benefit of every security for the performance of the principal obligation held by the creditor, or by a co-surety at the time of entering into the contract of suretyship, or acquired by him afterwards, whether the surety was aware of the security or not.","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":"1637c61ae55b29983c08fa49e5f0153c9ba994dfb667878b2a697f61829ed5f9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2848","next":"us-ca/civ-2850"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}