Civil Code › DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS › PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS › TITLE 9. AGENCY › CHAPTER 1. Agency in General › ARTICLE 1. Definition of AgencyCivil Code § 2298‹ § 2297§ 2299 ›Copy linkOpen in browserleginfo ↗2298.An agency is either actual or ostensible.(Enacted 1872.)