2304. An agent may be authorized to do any acts which his principal
might do, except those to which the latter is bound to give his
personal attention.
2305. Every act which, according to this Code, may be done by or to
any person, may be done by or to the agent of such person for that
purpose, unless a contrary intention clearly appears.
2306. An agent can never have authority, either actual or
ostensible, to do an act which is, and is known or suspected by the
person with whom he deals, to be a fraud upon the principal.
2307. An agency may be created, and an authority may be conferred,
by a precedent authorization or a subsequent ratification.
2308. A consideration is not necessary to make an authority,
whether precedent or subsequent, binding upon the principal.
2309. An oral authorization is sufficient for any purpose, except
that an authority to enter into a contract required by law to be in
writing can only be given by an instrument in writing.
2310. A ratification can be made only in the manner that would have
been necessary to confer an original authority for the act ratified,
or where an oral authorization would suffice, by accepting or
retaining the benefit of the act, with notice thereof.
2311. Ratification of part of an indivisible transaction is a
ratification of the whole.
2312. A ratification is not valid unless, at the time of ratifying
the act done, the principal has power to confer authority for such an
act.
2313. No unauthorized act can be made valid, retroactively, to the
prejudice of third persons, without their consent.
2314. A ratification may be rescinded when made without such
consent as is required in a contract, or with an imperfect knowledge
of the material facts of the transaction ratified, but not otherwise.
2315. An agent has such authority as the principal, actually or
ostensibly, confers upon him.
2316. Actual authority is such as a principal intentionally confers
upon the agent, or intentionally, or by want of ordinary care,
allows the agent to believe himself to possess.
2317. Ostensible authority is such as a principal, intentionally or
by want of ordinary care, causes or allows a third person to believe
the agent to possess.
2318. Every agent has actually such authority as is defined by this
Title, unless specially deprived thereof by his principal, and has
even then such authority ostensibly, except as to persons who have
actual or constructive notice of the restriction upon his authority.
2319. An agent has authority:
1. To do everything necessary or proper and usual, in the ordinary
course of business, for effecting the purpose of his agency; and,
2. To make a representation respecting any matter of fact, not
including the terms of his authority, but upon which his right to use
his authority depends, and the truth of which cannot be determined
by the use of reasonable diligence on the part of the person to whom
the representation is made.
2320. An agent has power to disobey instructions in dealing with
the subject of the agency, in cases where it is clearly for the
interest of his principal that he should do so, and there is not time
to communicate with the principal.
2321. When an authority is given partly in general and partly in
specific terms, the general authority gives no higher powers than
those specifically mentioned.
2322. An authority expressed in general terms, however broad, does
not authorize an agent to do any of the following:
(a) Act in the agent's own name, unless it is the usual course of
business to do so.
(b) Define the scope of the agency.
(c) Violate a duty to which a trustee is subject under Section
16002, 16004, 16005, or 16009 of the Probate Code.
2323. An authority to sell personal property includes authority to
warrant the title of the principal, and the quality and quantity of
the property.
2324. An authority to sell and convey real property includes
authority to give the usual convenants of warranty.
2325. A general agent to sell, who is intrusted by the principal
with the possession of the thing sold, has authority to receive the
price.
2326. A special agent to sell has authority to receive the price on
delivery of the thing sold, but not afterwards.
2304. An agent may be authorized to do any acts which his principal
might do, except those to which the latter is bound to give his
personal attention.
2305. Every act which, according to this Code, may be done by or to
any person, may be done by or to the agent of such person for that
purpose, unless a contrary intention clearly appears.
2306. An agent can never have authority, either actual or
ostensible, to do an act which is, and is known or suspected by the
person with whom he deals, to be a fraud upon the principal.
2307. An agency may be created, and an authority may be conferred,
by a precedent authorization or a subsequent ratification.
2308. A consideration is not necessary to make an authority,
whether precedent or subsequent, binding upon the principal.
2309. An oral authorization is sufficient for any purpose, except
that an authority to enter into a contract required by law to be in
writing can only be given by an instrument in writing.
2310. A ratification can be made only in the manner that would have
been necessary to confer an original authority for the act ratified,
or where an oral authorization would suffice, by accepting or
retaining the benefit of the act, with notice thereof.
2311. Ratification of part of an indivisible transaction is a
ratification of the whole.
2312. A ratification is not valid unless, at the time of ratifying
the act done, the principal has power to confer authority for such an
act.
2313. No unauthorized act can be made valid, retroactively, to the
prejudice of third persons, without their consent.
2314. A ratification may be rescinded when made without such
consent as is required in a contract, or with an imperfect knowledge
of the material facts of the transaction ratified, but not otherwise.
2315. An agent has such authority as the principal, actually or
ostensibly, confers upon him.
2316. Actual authority is such as a principal intentionally confers
upon the agent, or intentionally, or by want of ordinary care,
allows the agent to believe himself to possess.
2317. Ostensible authority is such as a principal, intentionally or
by want of ordinary care, causes or allows a third person to believe
the agent to possess.
2318. Every agent has actually such authority as is defined by this
Title, unless specially deprived thereof by his principal, and has
even then such authority ostensibly, except as to persons who have
actual or constructive notice of the restriction upon his authority.
2319. An agent has authority:
1. To do everything necessary or proper and usual, in the ordinary
course of business, for effecting the purpose of his agency; and,
2. To make a representation respecting any matter of fact, not
including the terms of his authority, but upon which his right to use
his authority depends, and the truth of which cannot be determined
by the use of reasonable diligence on the part of the person to whom
the representation is made.
2320. An agent has power to disobey instructions in dealing with
the subject of the agency, in cases where it is clearly for the
interest of his principal that he should do so, and there is not time
to communicate with the principal.
2321. When an authority is given partly in general and partly in
specific terms, the general authority gives no higher powers than
those specifically mentioned.
2322. An authority expressed in general terms, however broad, does
not authorize an agent to do any of the following:
(a) Act in the agent's own name, unless it is the usual course of
business to do so.
(b) Define the scope of the agency.
(c) Violate a duty to which a trustee is subject under Section
16002, 16004, 16005, or 16009 of the Probate Code.
2323. An authority to sell personal property includes authority to
warrant the title of the principal, and the quality and quantity of
the property.
2324. An authority to sell and convey real property includes
authority to give the usual convenants of warranty.
2325. A general agent to sell, who is intrusted by the principal
with the possession of the thing sold, has authority to receive the
price.
2326. A special agent to sell has authority to receive the price on
delivery of the thing sold, but not afterwards.
2304. An agent may be authorized to do any acts which his principal
might do, except those to which the latter is bound to give his
personal attention.
2305. Every act which, according to this Code, may be done by or to
any person, may be done by or to the agent of such person for that
purpose, unless a contrary intention clearly appears.
2306. An agent can never have authority, either actual or
ostensible, to do an act which is, and is known or suspected by the
person with whom he deals, to be a fraud upon the principal.
2307. An agency may be created, and an authority may be conferred,
by a precedent authorization or a subsequent ratification.
2308. A consideration is not necessary to make an authority,
whether precedent or subsequent, binding upon the principal.
2309. An oral authorization is sufficient for any purpose, except
that an authority to enter into a contract required by law to be in
writing can only be given by an instrument in writing.
2310. A ratification can be made only in the manner that would have
been necessary to confer an original authority for the act ratified,
or where an oral authorization would suffice, by accepting or
retaining the benefit of the act, with notice thereof.
2311. Ratification of part of an indivisible transaction is a
ratification of the whole.
2312. A ratification is not valid unless, at the time of ratifying
the act done, the principal has power to confer authority for such an
act.
2313. No unauthorized act can be made valid, retroactively, to the
prejudice of third persons, without their consent.
2314. A ratification may be rescinded when made without such
consent as is required in a contract, or with an imperfect knowledge
of the material facts of the transaction ratified, but not otherwise.
2315. An agent has such authority as the principal, actually or
ostensibly, confers upon him.
2316. Actual authority is such as a principal intentionally confers
upon the agent, or intentionally, or by want of ordinary care,
allows the agent to believe himself to possess.
2317. Ostensible authority is such as a principal, intentionally or
by want of ordinary care, causes or allows a third person to believe
the agent to possess.
2318. Every agent has actually such authority as is defined by this
Title, unless specially deprived thereof by his principal, and has
even then such authority ostensibly, except as to persons who have
actual or constructive notice of the restriction upon his authority.
2319. An agent has authority:
1. To do everything necessary or proper and usual, in the ordinary
course of business, for effecting the purpose of his agency; and,
2. To make a representation respecting any matter of fact, not
including the terms of his authority, but upon which his right to use
his authority depends, and the truth of which cannot be determined
by the use of reasonable diligence on the part of the person to whom
the representation is made.
2320. An agent has power to disobey instructions in dealing with
the subject of the agency, in cases where it is clearly for the
interest of his principal that he should do so, and there is not time
to communicate with the principal.
2321. When an authority is given partly in general and partly in
specific terms, the general authority gives no higher powers than
those specifically mentioned.
2322. An authority expressed in general terms, however broad, does
not authorize an agent to do any of the following:
(a) Act in the agent's own name, unless it is the usual course of
business to do so.
(b) Define the scope of the agency.
(c) Violate a duty to which a trustee is subject under Section
16002, 16004, 16005, or 16009 of the Probate Code.
2323. An authority to sell personal property includes authority to
warrant the title of the principal, and the quality and quantity of
the property.
2324. An authority to sell and convey real property includes
authority to give the usual convenants of warranty.
2325. A general agent to sell, who is intrusted by the principal
with the possession of the thing sold, has authority to receive the
price.
2326. A special agent to sell has authority to receive the price on
delivery of the thing sold, but not afterwards.
