California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 6.5 — Attachment, Chapter 10 — Liability for Wrongful Attachment, Section 490.020
(a) The liability of a plaintiff for causing a wrongful attachment under Section 490.010 includes both of the following:
(1) All damages proximately caused to the defendant by the wrongful attachment.
(2) All costs and expenses, including attorney’s fees, reasonably expended in defeating the attachment.
(b) The liability of a plaintiff for wrongful attachment pursuant to Section 490.010 is limited by the amount of the undertaking.
Notes
Establishes a plaintiff’s liability for wrongful attachment as all damages proximately caused to the defendant plus reasonable costs and expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred in defeating the attachment. The plaintiff’s total wrongful-attachment liability is capped at the amount of the undertaking.
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