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Code of Civil Procedure § 995.170

ARTICLE 1. Preliminary Provisions and Definitions

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 995.170Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 998, Sec. 1.

(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.