{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"712","citation":"Pen. Code, § 712","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 1. OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES [692. - 727.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Security to Keep the Peace [701. - 714.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-1/chapter-3"}],"history":"Amended by Code Amendments 1880, Ch. 56.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Upon the District Attorney’s producing evidence of such conviction to the Superior Court of the county, the Court must order the undertaking to be prosecuted, and the District Attorney must thereupon commence an action upon it in the name of the people of this State.</p>","text":"Upon the District Attorney’s producing evidence of such conviction to the Superior Court of the county, the Court must order the undertaking to be prosecuted, and the District Attorney must thereupon commence an action upon it in the name of the people of this State.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/security-to-keep-the-peace-712","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}