California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 14 — Of Miscellaneous Provisions, Chapter 2 — Bonds and Undertakings, Article 14 — Liability of Principal and Sureties, Section 996.430
(a) The liability on a bond may be enforced by civil action. Both the principal and the sureties shall be joined as parties to the action.
(b) If the bond was given in an action or proceeding, the action shall be commenced in the court in which the action or proceeding was pending. If the bond was given other than in an action or proceeding, the action shall be commenced in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the amount of damage claimed in the action, not the amount of the bond, determines the jurisdictional classification of the case.
(c) A cause of action on a bond may be transferred and assigned as other causes of action.
Notes
Allows bond liability to be enforced by civil action and requires both principal and sureties to be joined. Requires filing in the underlying court when the bond arose in a proceeding, otherwise in a competent court, with case classification based on damages claimed rather than bond amount; allows transfer and assignment of the cause of action.
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