Code Civ. Proc., § 995.185 · Article 1. Preliminary Provisions and Definitions
Code Civ. Proc., § 995.185
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(a) “Surety” has the meaning provided in Section 2787 of the Civil Code and includes personal surety and admitted surety insurer.
(b) For the purpose of application of this chapter to a bond given pursuant to any statute of this state, the terms “bail,” “guarantor,” “bondsman,” “surety,” and comparable terms used in the statute mean “surety” as defined in this section.
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History
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 998, Sec. 1.
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