SECTIONS 2349-2351 - California Statutes

CIVIL CODE

SECTION 2349-2351

2349. An agent, unless specially forbidden by his principal to do
so, can delegate his powers to another person in any of the following
cases, and in no others:
1. When the act to be done is purely mechanical;
2. When it is such as the agent cannot himself, and the sub-agent
can lawfully perform;
3. When it is the usage of the place to delegate such powers; or,
4. When such delegation is specially authorized by the principal.

2350. If an agent employs a sub-agent without authority, the former
is a principal and the latter his agent, and the principal of the
former has no connection with the latter.

2351. A sub-agent, lawfully appointed, represents the principal in
like manner with the original agent; and the original agent is not
responsible to third persons for the acts of the sub-agent.