California · Civil Code
CIV §[2773.]: Section Twenty-seven Hundred and Seventy-three.
Civil
What this law says, in plain English
An agreement to indemnify someone against a future unlawful act is void if the person knew the act was unlawful when performing it.
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Section Twenty-seven Hundred and Seventy-three. An agreement to indemnify a person against an act thereafter to be done, is void, if the act be known by such person at the time of doing it to be unlawful.
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