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IMPERATIVE NECESSITY

California Department of Real Estate

Updated 08-20-2026

IMPERATIVE NECESSITY

Circumstances under which an agent has expanded authority in an emergency, including the power to disobey instructions where it is clearly in the interests of the principal and where there is no time to obtain instructions from the principal.

California Department of Real Estate Glossary

California Department of Real Estate · p. 18

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