{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-3432","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 3432","heading":"","body":"A debtor may pay one creditor in preference to another, or may give to one creditor security for the payment of his demand in preference to another.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274. - 9566.]","PART 2. SPECIAL RELATIONS OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR [3429. - 3449.]","TITLE 1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES [3429. - 3434.]"],"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":"7379499d31cd09f97baf918de610eb91c7e9849b004a12f225f4fd1aee026aa1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-3431","next":"us-ca/civ-3433"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}