Gov. Code, § 16704 · Chapter 3. Duplicate Bonds
Gov. Code, § 16704
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
If the court finds that the petitioner is the lawful owner of the instruments described in the petition, that they have been lost or destroyed and can not after due diligence be found, and that no sufficient cause has been shown why new instruments to replace them should not be issued, it may make an order requiring the Treasurer to issue and deliver or cause to be issued and delivered to the petitioner new instruments in place of the lost or destroyed instruments, upon the petitioner’s giving the security required by this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 120.
Source of truth
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- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=16704.
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