15-701 - Surety not discharged by failure or refusal by creditor to sue principal debtor.

§ 15-701. Surety  not  discharged by failure or refusal by creditor to  sue principal debtor. Unless otherwise agreed  between  the  parties  in  writing,  the  failure  or  refusal  by  a creditor, after a demand by a  person bound as surety, to bring an action against  a  principal  debtor  upon  a  contract  hereafter made or an obligation hereafter created for  the payment of money or the performance of any act shall  not  discharge  such surety.