California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 14 — Of Miscellaneous Provisions, Chapter 2 — Bonds and Undertakings, Article 1 — Preliminary Provisions and Definitions, 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 state, the terms “obligor,” “principal,” and comparable terms used in the statute mean “principal” as defined in this section.
Notes
Defines “principal” as the person who gives a bond. For purposes of applying the chapter to a bond required by any state statute, the terms “obligor,” “principal,” and comparable statutory terms are treated as referring to the person defined here as the principal who gives the bond.
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