California Code
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS
TITLE 14 - OF MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Proceedings Against Joint Debtors

Section 989. - 989. When a judgment is recovered against one or more...

Section 990. - 990. The summons specified in Section 989 shall be issued...

Section 991. - 991. The summons must be accompanied by an affidavit of...

Section 992. - 992. Upon such summons, the defendant may answer within the...

Section 993. - 993. If the defendant, in his answer, denies the judgment,...

Section 994. - 994. The issues formed may be tried as in other...

CHAPTER 2 - Bonds and Undertakings

ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Provisions and Definitions

Section 995.010. - 995.010. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 995.020. - 995.020. (a) The provisions of this chapter apply to a...

Section 995.030. - 995.030. If service of a notice, paper, or other document...

Section 995.040. - 995.040. An affidavit made under this chapter shall conform to...

Section 995.050. - 995.050. The times provided in this chapter, or in any...

Section 995.110. - 995.110. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions...

Section 995.120. - 995.120. (a) “Admitted surety insurer” means a corporate insurer or...

Section 995.130. - 995.130. (a) “Beneficiary” means the person for whose benefit a...

Section 995.140. - 995.140. (a) “Bond” includes both of the following: (1) A...

Section 995.150. - 995.150. “Court” means, if a bond is given in an...

Section 995.160. - 995.160. “Officer” means the sheriff, marshal, clerk of court, judge...

Section 995.170. - 995.170. (a) “Principal” means the person who gives a bond....

Section 995.180. - 995.180. “Statute” includes administrative regulation promulgated pursuant to statute. (Added...

Section 995.185. - 995.185. (a) “Surety” has the meaning provided in Section 2787...

Section 995.190. - 995.190. “Undertaking” means a surety, indemnity, fiduciary, or like undertaking...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 995.210. - 995.210. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires: (a) If...

Section 995.220. - 995.220. Notwithstanding any other statute, if a statute provides for...

Section 995.230. - 995.230. The beneficiary of a bond given in an action...

Section 995.240. - 995.240. The court may, in its discretion, waive a provision...

Section 995.250. - 995.250. If a statute allows costs to a party in...

Section 995.260. - 995.260. If a bond is recorded pursuant to statute, a...

ARTICLE 3 - Execution and Filing

Section 995.310. - 995.310. Unless the statute providing for the bond requires execution...

Section 995.311. - 995.311. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any bond...

Section 995.320. - 995.320. (a) A bond shall be in writing signed by...

Section 995.330. - 995.330. A bond or undertaking given in an action or...

Section 995.340. - 995.340. If a bond is given in an action or...

Section 995.350. - 995.350. (a) Upon the filing of a bond with the...

Section 995.360. - 995.360. A bond given in an action or proceeding may...

Section 995.370. - 995.370. At the time a bond is given, the principal...

Section 995.380. - 995.380. (a) If a bond does not contain the substantial...

ARTICLE 4 - Approval and Effect

Section 995.410. - 995.410. (a) A bond becomes effective without approval unless the...

Section 995.420. - 995.420. (a) Unless the statute providing for a bond provides...

Section 995.430. - 995.430. A bond remains in force and effect until the...

Section 995.440. - 995.440. A bond given as a condition of a license...

ARTICLE 5 - Personal Sureties

Section 995.510. - 995.510. (a) A personal surety on a bond is sufficient...

Section 995.520. - 995.520. (a) A bond executed by personal sureties shall be...

ARTICLE 6 - Admitted Surety Insurers

Section 995.610. - 995.610. (a) If a statute provides for a bond with...

Section 995.620. - 995.620. Two or more admitted surety insurers may be sureties...

Section 995.630. - 995.630. An admitted surety insurer shall be accepted or approved...

Section 995.640. - 995.640. Upon review of the Internet Web site of the...

Section 995.650. - 995.650. If an objection is made to the sufficiency of...

Section 995.660. - 995.660. (a) If an objection is made to the sufficiency...

Section 995.670. - 995.670. (a) This section applies to a bond executed, filed,...

Section 995.675. - 995.675. Notwithstanding Sections 995.660 and 995.670, the California Integrated Waste...

ARTICLE 7 - Deposit in Lieu of Bond

Section 995.710. - 995.710. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) or to...

Section 995.720. - 995.720. (a) The market value of bonds or notes, including...

Section 995.730. - 995.730. A deposit given instead of a bond has the...

Section 995.740. - 995.740. If no proceedings are pending to enforce the liability...

Section 995.750. - 995.750. (a) The principal shall pay the amount of the...

Section 995.760. - 995.760. (a) If the principal does not pay the amount...

Section 995.770. - 995.770. A deposit given pursuant to this article shall be...

ARTICLE 8 - Bonds to the State of California

Section 995.810. - 995.810. The provisions of this article apply to a bond...

Section 995.820. - 995.820. Except as otherwise provided by statute, a bond given...

Section 995.830. - 995.830. If a statute or court order pursuant thereto providing...

Section 995.840. - 995.840. If a bond under this article is given in...

Section 995.850. - 995.850. (a) The liability on a bond under this article...

ARTICLE 9 - Objections to Bonds

Section 995.910. - 995.910. This article governs objections to a bond given in...

Section 995.920. - 995.920. The beneficiary may object to a bond on any...

Section 995.930. - 995.930. (a) An objection shall be in writing and shall...

Section 995.940. - 995.940. If a ground for the objection is that the...

Section 995.950. - 995.950. (a) Unless the parties otherwise agree, the hearing on...

Section 995.960. - 995.960. (a) Upon the hearing, the court shall make an...

ARTICLE 10 - Insufficient and Excessive Bonds

Section 996.010. - 996.010. (a) If a bond is given in an action...

Section 996.020. - 996.020. (a) If a bond is given other than in...

Section 996.030. - 996.030. (a) The court if a bond is given or...

ARTICLE 11 - Release or Substitution of Sureties on Bond Given in Action or Proceeding

Section 996.110. - 996.110. (a) A surety on a bond given in an...

Section 996.120. - 996.120. Upon the hearing of the application, the court shall...

Section 996.130. - 996.130. (a) If a substitute surety is given, the substitute...

Section 996.140. - 996.140. If the principal does not give a sufficient substitute...

Section 996.150. - 996.150. If a surety is ordered released from liability on...

ARTICLE 12 - New, Additional, and Supplemental Bonds

Section 996.210. - 996.210. (a) The principal shall give a new, additional, or...

Section 996.220. - 996.220. (a) A new, additional, or supplemental bond shall be...

Section 996.230. - 996.230. A new, additional, or supplemental bond is subject to...

Section 996.240. - 996.240. If a new bond is given in place of...

Section 996.250. - 996.250. (a) An additional or supplemental bond does not discharge...

ARTICLE 13 - Cancellation of Bond or Withdrawal of Sureties

Section 996.310. - 996.310. This article governs cancellation of or withdrawal of a...

Section 996.320. - 996.320. A surety may cancel or withdraw from a bond...

Section 996.330. - 996.330. Cancellation or withdrawal of a surety is effective at...

Section 996.340. - 996.340. (a) If the principal does not give a new...

Section 996.350. - 996.350. If the withdrawal of a surety does not reduce...

Section 996.360. - 996.360. If a surety cancels or withdraws from a bond:...

ARTICLE 14 - Liability of Principal and Sureties

Section 996.410. - 996.410. (a) The beneficiary may enforce the liability on a...

Section 996.420. - 996.420. (a) A surety on a bond given in an...

Section 996.430. - 996.430. (a) The liability on a bond may be enforced...

Section 996.440. - 996.440. (a) If a bond is given in an action...

Section 996.450. - 996.450. No provision in a bond is valid that attempts...

Section 996.460. - 996.460. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2845 of the Civil Code, a...

Section 996.470. - 996.470. (a) Notwithstanding any other statute other than Section 996.480,...

Section 996.475. - 996.475. Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit the...

Section 996.480. - 996.480. (a) If the nature and extent of the liability...

Section 996.490. - 996.490. (a) Payment by a surety of the amount of...

Section 996.495. - 996.495. A judgment of liability on a bond may be...

ARTICLE 15 - Enforcement Lien

Section 996.510. - 996.510. This article applies to proceedings for the benefit of...

Section 996.520. - 996.520. The person enforcing the liability may file with the...

Section 996.530. - 996.530. The clerk receiving the affidavit shall certify to the...

Section 996.540. - 996.540. (a) Upon receiving the certificate the county recorder shall...

Section 996.550. - 996.550. (a) Any judgment recovered is a lien upon all...

Section 996.560. - 996.560. If an agreement to sell real property affected by...

CHAPTER 3 - Offers by a Party to Compromise

Section 998. - 998. (a) The costs allowed under Sections 1031 and 1032...

CHAPTER 3.2 - Time-Limited Demands

Section 999. - 999. (a) It is declared to be the public policy...

Section 999.1. - 999.1. A time-limited demand to settle any claim shall be...

Section 999.2. - 999.2. (a) A claimant shall send their time-limited demand to...

Section 999.3. - 999.3. (a) The recipients of a time-limited demand may accept...

Section 999.4. - 999.4. (a) In any lawsuit filed by a claimant, or...

Section 999.5. - 999.5. (a) This chapter shall only apply to causes of...

CHAPTER 3.5 - Confidential Settlement Agreements

Section 1001. - 1001. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a provision within a...

Section 1002. - 1002. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a provision within a...

CHAPTER 3.6 - Agreements Settling Employment Disputes

Section 1002.5. - 1002.5. (a) An agreement to settle an employment dispute shall...

CHAPTER 3.7 - Enrollment Agreements

Section 1002.7. - 1002.7. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is...

CHAPTER 4 - Motions and Orders

Section 1003. - 1003. Every direction of a court or judge, made or...

Section 1004. - 1004. Except as provided in section 166 of this code,...

Section 1005. - 1005. (a) Written notice shall be given, as prescribed in...

Section 1005.5. - 1005.5. A motion upon all the grounds stated in the...

Section 1006. - 1006. When a notice of motion is given, or an...

Section 1008. - 1008. (a) When an application for an order has been...

CHAPTER 5 - Notices, and Filing and Service of Papers

Section 1010. - 1010. Notices must be in writing, and the notice of...

Section 1010.5. - 1010.5. The Judicial Council may adopt rules permitting the filing...

Section 1010.6. - 1010.6. (a) A document may be served electronically in an...

Section 1011. - 1011. The service may be personal, by delivery to the...

Section 1012. - 1012. Service by mail may be made where the person...

Section 1013. - 1013. (a) In case of service by mail, the notice...

Section 1013a. - 1013a. Proof of service by mail may be made by...

Section 1013b. - 1013b. (a) Proof of electronic service may be made by...

Section 1014. - 1014. A defendant appears in an action when the defendant...

Section 1015. - 1015. When a plaintiff or a defendant, who has appeared,...

Section 1016. - 1016. The foregoing provisions of this Chapter do not apply...

Section 1017. - 1017. Any summons, writ, or order in any civil suit...

Section 1019. - 1019. Whenever any notice or publication is required by a...

Section 1019.5. - 1019.5. (a) When a motion is granted or denied, unless...

Section 1020. - 1020. (a) Any notice required by law, other than those...

CHAPTER 6 - Of Costs

Section 1021. - 1021. Except as attorney’s fees are specifically provided for by...

Section 1021.4. - 1021.4. In an action for damages against a defendant based...

Section 1021.5. - 1021.5. Upon motion, a court may award attorneys’ fees to...

Section 1021.6. - 1021.6. Upon motion, a court after reviewing the evidence in...

Section 1021.7. - 1021.7. In any action for damages arising out of the...

Section 1021.8. - 1021.8. (a) Whenever the Attorney General prevails in a civil...

Section 1021.9. - 1021.9. In any action to recover damages to personal or...

Section 1021.10. - 1021.10. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in an action...

Section 1021.11. - 1021.11. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person, including an...

Section 1022. - 1022. When several actions are brought on one bond, undertaking,...

Section 1023. - 1023. The fees of referees are such reasonable sum as...

Section 1024. - 1024. When an application is made to the court or...

Section 1025. - 1025. When, in an action for the recovery of money...

Section 1026. - 1026. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in an...

Section 1027. - 1027. When the decision of a court of inferior jurisdiction...

Section 1028. - 1028. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, when the State...

Section 1028.5. - 1028.5. (a) In any civil action between a small business...

Section 1029. - 1029. When any county, city, district, or other public agency...

Section 1029.5. - 1029.5. (a) Whenever a complaint for damages is filed against...

Section 1029.6. - 1029.6. (a) Whenever a complaint for damages for personal injuries...

Section 1029.8. - 1029.8. (a) Any unlicensed person who causes injury or damage...

Section 1030. - 1030. (a) When the plaintiff in an action or special...

Section 1031. - 1031. In actions for the recovery of wages for labor...

Section 1032. - 1032. (a) As used in this section, unless the context...

Section 1033. - 1033. (a) Costs or any portion of claimed costs shall...

Section 1033.5. - 1033.5. (a) The following items are allowable as costs under...

Section 1034. - 1034. (a) Prejudgment costs allowable under this chapter shall be...

Section 1034.5. - 1034.5. In unlawful detainer proceedings, the plaintiff who recovers judgment...

Section 1036. - 1036. In any inverse condemnation proceeding, the court rendering judgment...

Section 1038. - 1038. (a) In any civil proceeding under the Government Claims...

CHAPTER 7 - General Provisions

Section 1045. - 1045. If an original pleading or paper be lost, the...

Section 1046. - 1046. An affidavit, notice, or other paper, without the title...

Section 1046a. - 1046a. In all cases brought under the provisions of any...

Section 1047. - 1047. Successive actions may be maintained upon the same contract...

Section 1048. - 1048. (a) When actions involving a common question of law...

Section 1049. - 1049. An action is deemed to be pending from the...

Section 1050. - 1050. An action may be brought by one person against...

Section 1053. - 1053. When there are three referees all must meet, but...

Section 1054. - 1054. (a) When an act to be done, as provided...

Section 1054.1. - 1054.1. (a) When an act to be done in any...

Section 1055. - 1055. If an action is brought against any officer or...

CHAPTER 8 - Declaratory Relief

Section 1060. - 1060. Any person interested under a written instrument, excluding a...

Section 1060.5. - 1060.5. Any individual claiming to be a nonresident of the...

Section 1061. - 1061. The court may refuse to exercise the power granted...

Section 1062. - 1062. The remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative, and...

Section 1062.3. - 1062.3. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), actions brought...

Section 1062.5. - 1062.5. Any insurer who issues policies of professional liability insurance...

CHAPTER 9 - Actions to Enforce Real Property and Mobilehome Sales Agreements

Section 1062.10. - 1062.10. No person or legal entity may maintain an action...

CHAPTER 10 - Computer Assistance

Section 1062.20. - 1062.20. (a) In accordance with rules and policy of the...