California Code of Civil Procedure ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Provisions and Definitions

• Section 995.010.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Bond and Undertaking Law.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 998, Sec. 1.)
• Section 995.020.
  (a) The provisions of this chapter apply to a bond or undertaking executed, filed, posted, furnished, or otherwise given as security pursuant to any statute of...
• Section 995.030.
  If service of a notice, paper, or other document is required under this chapter, service shall be made in the same manner as service of...
• Section 995.040.
  An affidavit made under this chapter shall conform to the standards prescribed for an affidavit made pursuant to Section 437c.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 998,...
• Section 995.050.
  The times provided in this chapter, or in any other statute relating to a bond given in an action or proceeding, may be extended pursuant...
• Section 995.110.
  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 998, Sec. 1.)
• Section 995.120.
  (a) “Admitted surety insurer” means a corporate insurer or a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange to which the Insurance Commissioner has issued a certificate of authority to...
• Section 995.130.
  (a) “Beneficiary” means the person for whose benefit a bond is given, whether executed to, in favor of, in the name of, or payable to the...
• Section 995.140.
  (a) “Bond” includes both of the following:(1) A surety, indemnity, fiduciary, or like bond executed by both the principal and sureties.(2) A surety, indemnity, fiduciary, or like undertaking...
• Section 995.150.
  “Court” means, if a bond is given in an action or proceeding, the court in which the action or proceeding is pending.(Added by Stats. 1982,...
• Section 995.160.
  “Officer” means the sheriff, marshal, clerk of court, judge or magistrate (if there is no clerk), board, commission, department, or other public official or entity...
• Section 995.170.
  (a) “Principal” means the person who gives a bond.(b) For the purpose of application of this chapter to a bond given pursuant to any statute of this...
• Section 995.180.
  “Statute” includes administrative regulation promulgated pursuant to statute.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 998, Sec. 1.)
• Section 995.185.
  (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...
• Section 995.190.
  “Undertaking” means a surety, indemnity, fiduciary, or like undertaking executed by the sureties alone.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 998, Sec. 1.)

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