2015 California Code
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS
TITLE 11 - CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT JUDGMENT DEBTORS
CHAPTER 2 - Contribution Among Other Judgment Debtors
Section 882.
882. If two or more judgment debtors are jointly liable on a money judgment:
(a) A judgment debtor who has satisfied more than his or her due proportion of the judgment, whether voluntarily or through enforcement procedures, may compel contribution from another judgment debtor who has satisfied less than his or her due proportion of the judgment.
(b) If the judgment is based upon an obligation of one judgment debtor as surety for another and the surety satisfies the judgment or any part thereof, whether voluntarily or through enforcement procedures, the surety may compel repayment from the principal.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 497, Sec. 63. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 185 of Ch. 497.)
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