§ 2850 Surety'S Right To Principal Property

• •If someone (the surety) helps you by promising to pay your debt if you can't, their stuff can't be taken before yours.
• •Your stuff (the principal) must be used first to pay off the debt.
• •This rule is old—it’s been around since 1872.

Your friend promises the bank they’ll pay your loan if you don’t. You own a car, and your friend owns a bike.

If you can’t pay the loan, the bank must take your car first before they can take your friend’s bike.