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Code of Civil Procedure § 996.450

ARTICLE 14. Liability of Principal and Sureties

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 996.450Official source ↗

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

No provision in a bond is valid that attempts by contract to shorten the period prescribed by Section 337 or other statute for the commencement of an action on the bond or the period prescribed by Section 996.440 for a motion to enforce a bond. This section does not apply if the principal, beneficiary, and surety accept a provision for a shorter period in a bond.