California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 4 — Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions, Title 13 — Suretyship, Article 7 — Position of Sureties, Section 2839

Section Twenty-eight Hundred and Thirty-nine. Performance of the principal obligation, or an offer of such performance, duly made as provided in this Code, exonerates a surety.

Notes

Establishes that performance of the principal obligation exonerates a surety, and gives the same exonerating effect to an offer of performance when the offer is duly made as provided by the Code. Makes either completed performance or a properly made statutory offer of performance sufficient to discharge the surety under this rule.

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