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2023 California Code
Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS
PART 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL
TITLE 4 - EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS
CHAPTER 6 - Release
Section 1543.
Universal Citation: CA Civ Code § 1543 (2023)
1543. A release of one of two or more joint debtors does not extinguish the obligations of any of the others, unless they are mere guarantors; nor does it affect their right to contribution from him or her, except as provided in Section 877 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 677, Sec. 1.5.)
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