Civ. Code, § 3432 · Title 1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Civ. Code, § 3432

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

A debtor may pay one creditor in preference to another, or may give to one creditor security for the payment of his demand in preference to another.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Enacted 1872.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=3432.
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