Civil Code section 2336

One who deals with an agent without knowing or having reason to believe that the agent acts as such in the transaction, may set off against any claim of the principal arising out of the same, all claims which he might have set off against the agent before notice of the agency.

Source: Section 2336, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=2336. (accessed Oct. 13, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/civil_code_section_2336

Original Source: Section 2336, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=2336. (last accessed May 12, 2025).