Sections
15 entriesSection 995.010Defines the chapter’s official short title as the “Bond and Undertaking Law” and allows the chapter to be cited by that name.…Section 995.020Establishes the bond chapter generally governs statutory bonds and undertakings unless the governing statute supplies a different or inconsistent rule, and applies…Section 995.030Requires any notice, paper, or other document that must be served under the chapter to be served in the same manner used…Section 995.040Requires any affidavit made under the bond chapter to conform to the standards prescribed for affidavits under the referenced summary-judgment provision. The…Section 995.050Allows time periods provided in the bond chapter, or in another statute concerning a bond given in an action or proceeding, to…Section 995.110Establishes that the definitions contained in the article govern construction of the chapter unless a particular provision or its context requires a…Section 995.120Defines “admitted surety insurer” as a corporate insurer or reciprocal or interinsurance exchange holding an Insurance Commissioner certificate authorizing surety insurance in…Section 995.130Defines “beneficiary” as the person for whose benefit a bond is given, regardless of obligee wording. For bonds benefiting California or its…Section 995.140Defines “bond” to include specified surety, indemnity, fiduciary, or similar bonds signed by principal and sureties and similar undertakings signed by sureties…Section 995.150Defines “court,” when a bond is given in an action or proceeding, as the court in which that action or proceeding is…Section 995.160Defines “officer” for the bond chapter to include the sheriff, marshal, court clerk, judge or magistrate when no clerk exists, board, commission,…Section 995.170Defines “principal” as the person who gives a bond. For purposes of applying the chapter to a bond required by any state…Section 995.180Defines “statute” for the bond chapter to include an administrative regulation promulgated pursuant to statute. The definition therefore extends chapter references to…Section 995.185Defines “surety” by the referenced Civil Code meaning and expressly includes both personal sureties and admitted surety insurers. For application of the…Section 995.190Defines “undertaking” as a surety, indemnity, fiduciary, or similar undertaking that is executed by the sureties alone. The definition specifies the kinds…