{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"1296","citation":"Pen. Code, § 1296","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS [1268. - 1424.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-10"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Bail [1268. - 1320.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-10/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5. Deposit Instead of Bail [1295. - 1298.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-10/chapter-1/article-5"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>If the defendant has given bail, he may, at any time before the forfeiture of the undertaking, in like manner deposit the sum mentioned in the recognizance, and upon the deposit being made the bail is exonerated.</p>","text":"If the defendant has given bail, he may, at any time before the forfeiture of the undertaking, in like manner deposit the sum mentioned in the recognizance, and upon the deposit being made the bail is exonerated.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/deposit-instead-of-bail-1296","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}