Pen. Code, § 1276 · Article 1. In What Cases the Defendant May Be Admitted to Bail
Pen. Code, § 1276
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A bail bond or undertaking of bail of an admitted surety insurer shall be accepted or approved by a court or magistrate without further acknowledgment if executed by a licensed bail agent of the insurer under penalty of perjury and issued in the name of the insurer by a person authorized to do so by an unrevoked power of attorney on file in the office of the clerk of the county in which the court or magistrate is located.
(b) One person may both execute and issue the bail bond or undertaking of bail if qualified as provided in this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 316.
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